Onion Creek Management Unit
Onion Creek Management Unit is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Mount Sharp stands 463 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Anthem Tract, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.8 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Austin Water
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 20.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sinkholes · 13 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kirby Park: 4.3 mi
- La Verde Park: 4.6 mi
- Diamond: 4.8 mi
- Heroes Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
- Fergus Park: 5.0 mi
- Antioch Colony: 5.8 mi
- First Baptist Church of Buda: 6.0 mi
- Buda Christian Church: 6.0 mi
- Buda School: 6.1 mi
- Buda United Methodist Church: 6.1 mi
- TXST: 12.2 mi
- Minerva: 12.2 mi
- John C. "Jack" Hays: 12.6 mi
- Oh for a Muse of Fire: 12.6 mi
- Goddess of Justice: 12.6 mi
- Anthem Tract: 2.5 mi
- Gay Ruby Dahlstrom Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Little Bear Creek Management Unit: 5.4 mi
- Bear Creek Management Unit: 7.6 mi
- Lost Oasis Cave Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Barton Hill: 3.7 mi
- Carpenter Hills: 3.7 mi
- Friday Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Signal Hill: 8.6 mi
- Lone Man Mountain: 8.6 mi
- City of Kyle Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Interpretive Garden: 11.2 mi
- Demonstration Gardens: 11.2 mi
- Cherry Creek Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 15.7 mi
- Kyle Railroad Depot and Heritage Center: 6.7 mi
- Nature Center: 11.2 mi
- Spring Lake Hall: 11.9 mi
- Pound House Historical Farmstead: 12.4 mi
- LBJ Museum of San Marcos History: 12.6 mi
- The Whisky Vault: 5.8 mi
- Jackson Tyler Norris Memorial Skate Park: 5.9 mi
- Frate Barker Path: 7.6 mi
- Bear Creek Stables: 7.7 mi
- Labyrinth: 11.6 mi
- Blue Hole: 9.8 mi
- Kirby Spring: 10.1 mi
- Jacob's Well: 11.1 mi
- San Marcos Springs: 11.9 mi
- Weismuller Spring: 12.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 14.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 15.3 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 15.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 15.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 15.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Purgatory Creek Overlook: 13.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 15.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 20.1 mi
- Goforth: 9.5 mi
- Polonia: 16.2 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.3 mi
- The Learning Tree: 11.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 13.3 mi
- Stone picnic table: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Onion Creek Management Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sharp | W 279° | 463 m | 16.2 mi |
| Jack Mountain | W 280° | 451 m | 13.6 mi |
| Big Head Mountain | WSW 256° | 450 m | 23.3 mi |
| Roundtree Mountain | WNW 289° | 449 m | 15.3 mi |
| Shingle Hills | NNW 332° | 433 m | 18.4 mi |
| Peach Mountain | WNW 288° | 429 m | 13.0 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WNW 301° | 429 m | 13.8 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | W 274° | 423 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 17:01 | 17:37 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1033367817
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