Lost Oasis Cave Preserve
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Lost Oasis Cave Preserve is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Mount Sharp stands 463 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Shady Hollow West Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 23.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sinkholes · 21 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 21 mi
- Sunset Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shady Hollow West Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Bear Creek Management Unit: 0.6 mi
- Brodie Wild: 1.9 mi
- William H. Russell Karst Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Little Bear Creek Management Unit: 2.9 mi
- Southland Oaks Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
- Capistrano Park: 0.7 mi
- GreyRock Park: 1.1 mi
- Barker Ranch Park: 1.1 mi
- Villages of Shady Hollow Community Park: 1.3 mi
- Education in Manchaca: 2.8 mi
- Manchaca United Methodist Church: 2.9 mi
- Kincheonville: 4.0 mi
- Live Oak Cemetery: 4.2 mi
- Oak Hill: 4.9 mi
- Cathedral of Junk: 7.2 mi
- Good Luck Statue: 8.4 mi
- Sculpture of Brazilian Carnaval Feather Costume: 9.0 mi
- Greetings from Austin mural: 9.1 mi
- I love you so much Mural: 9.6 mi
- Cherry Creek Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 8.4 mi
- Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 8.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 8.5 mi
- Forest Trail Garden: 8.8 mi
- Davis Hill: 3.0 mi
- Carpenter Hills: 4.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 5.2 mi
- Friday Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Woods Hill: 6.5 mi
- TexPop ATX: 8.9 mi
- Eanes History Center: 8.9 mi
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum;Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum: 9.4 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 9.6 mi
- Texas Toy Museum and Arcade: 10.5 mi
- Frate Barker Path: 1.3 mi
- Bear Creek Stables: 2.8 mi
- The Whisky Vault: 5.6 mi
- Jackson Tyler Norris Memorial Skate Park: 6.3 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 9.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 9.3 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 9.9 mi
- Kirby Spring: 11.2 mi
- Seiders Spring: 12.4 mi
- Bell Spring: 16.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 7.4 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 7.9 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 9.0 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 9.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 3.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.6 mi
- Stone picnic table: 9.4 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Seismic Wall: 7.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Bird Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Purgatory Creek Overlook: 20.9 mi
- Goforth: 10.9 mi
- Polonia: 18.1 mi
- Lytton Springs: 19.1 mi
- McDuff: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lost Oasis Cave Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sharp | WSW 258° | 463 m | 20.7 mi |
| Jack Mountain | WSW 256° | 451 m | 18.2 mi |
| Roundtree Mountain | W 265° | 449 m | 18.8 mi |
| Shingle Hills | NW 307° | 433 m | 15.9 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | W 271° | 429 m | 16.0 mi |
| Peach Mountain | W 260° | 429 m | 16.8 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 247° | 423 m | 15.2 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 245° | 416 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 17:00 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dripping Springs 6 E, 8 mi away.
- Queen914 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard649 obs
- American Bumble Bee498 obs
- Antelopehorn Milkweed498 obs
- Gulf Fritillary483 obs
- Sleepy Orange480 obs
- Gray Hairstreak455 obs
- Neon Skimmer439 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1135218335
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