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Pogue Springs Preserve

Pogue Springs Preserve from directly overhead

Pogue Springs Preserve is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. Monument Hill stands 549 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Milton Reimers Ranch Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 8.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Travis County Parks
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.37119, -98.11069

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Milton Reimers Ranch Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hamilton Pool Preserve: 2.5 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 4.6 mi
  • Lowe Family Legacy Trail: 4.8 mi
  • The Vistas Trail: 4.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Protected Promise: 19.4 mi
  • Wings: 20.1 mi
  • Dancin': 20.1 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 20.1 mi
  • Sentinel: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 46
  • Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Forest Trail Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Experimental Gardens: 20.5 mi
  • Mayfield Gardens: 20.7 mi
  • Cherry Creek Community Garden: 20.8 mi
Nature reserves: 45
Museums: 40
  • Pound House Historical Farmstead: 12.0 mi
  • The Falls Museum: 18.0 mi
  • Eanes History Center: 18.9 mi
  • L.B.J. Boyhood Home: 19.1 mi
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Visitor Center: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Hamilton Pool: 2.2 mi
  • Hill Country Overlook: 8.1 mi
  • River Overlook: 8.2 mi
  • Dead Man's Hole: 14.2 mi
  • Texas paintball: 15.0 mi
Springs: 10
  • Bell Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Jones Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Kirby Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Flatrock Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Queen's Bath: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Small Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 18.6 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Pogue Springs Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monument HillWSW 244°549 m22.2 mi
Howell MountainWNW 282°504 m21.3 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWNW 288°491 m17.8 mi
Buffalo PeakW 270°491 m18.0 mi
Round MountainWNW 290°480 m16.4 mi
Shovel MountainWNW 301°472 m9.6 mi
Mount SharpSSW 198°463 m19.7 mi
Jack MountainS 190°451 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:44
June solstice06:3220:0320:38
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2617:0017:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687581838477695851
Precip in2.62.12.92.64.33.72.12.13.64.02.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dripping Springs 6 E, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/454967858

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