Lower Barton Creek Management Unit
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Lower Barton Creek Management Unit is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dittmar Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.3 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
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- Austin Water
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 18 mi
- Sinkholes · 26 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thunderbird Pocket Park: 2.6 mi
- Moccasin Neighborhood Park: 3.1 mi
- Saint Andrews Episcopal Upper School Football Field: 3.1 mi
- Bee Cave Sculpture Park: 3.4 mi
- Windmill Run Park: 3.4 mi
- Roberts-Teague Cemetery: 4.3 mi
- Oak Hill: 4.7 mi
- Old Rock Store: 5.3 mi
- Nike Hercules Missile: 7.0 mi
- Kincheonville: 7.6 mi
- Abundance: 10.2 mi
- Cathedral of Junk: 10.6 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 10.6 mi
- Blue Blood: 10.8 mi
- Greetings from Austin mural: 11.2 mi
- Dittmar Hill: 2.0 mi
- Chalk Knob: 3.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 4.7 mi
- Flint Rock Hill: 5.1 mi
- Maul Hill: 5.6 mi
- Forest Trail Garden: 7.6 mi
- Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 8.4 mi
- Cherry Creek Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Experimental Gardens: 9.8 mi
- Colorado Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Eanes History Center: 8.0 mi
- Pound House Historical Farmstead: 9.2 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 10.1 mi
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum;Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum: 10.6 mi
- TexPop ATX: 10.6 mi
- The Whisky Vault: 7.8 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 8.0 mi
- Frate Barker Path: 9.1 mi
- Lake Austin: 9.9 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 10.3 mi
- Kirby Spring: 9.3 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 10.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 10.3 mi
- Bell Spring: 10.8 mi
- Seiders Spring: 12.1 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 6.7 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 7.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 7.8 mi
- Small Falls: 8.7 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Seismic Wall: 8.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 21.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 22.3 mi
- The Learning Tree: 5.9 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 9.2 mi
- Stone picnic table: 14.3 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Goforth: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower Barton Creek Management Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shovel Mountain | NW 305° | 472 m | 22.2 mi |
| Mount Sharp | SW 236° | 463 m | 19.4 mi |
| Jack Mountain | SW 231° | 451 m | 17.4 mi |
| Roundtree Mountain | WSW 240° | 449 m | 16.8 mi |
| Shingle Hills | WNW 289° | 433 m | 9.1 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 242° | 429 m | 13.3 mi |
| Peach Mountain | SW 233° | 429 m | 15.6 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | SW 218° | 423 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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