Red Bluff Nature Preserve
Red Bluff Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Bluff Neighborhood Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 7.7 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Austin Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 18.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 21.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Bluff Neighborhood Park: 0.1 mi
- Ortega School Park: 0.4 mi
- Fort Branch Creek Greenbelt: 0.5 mi
- Springdale Park: 0.7 mi
- Norman School Park: 0.7 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 0.7 mi
- Arachnophilia: 2.0 mi
- Pollen Grain: 2.2 mi
- Wigwam: 2.2 mi
- Reach for Your Dreams: 2.2 mi
- Bethany Cemetery: 1.0 mi
- Montopolis: 1.0 mi
- First Colored Baptist Church: 1.2 mi
- Site of Fort Colorado: 1.3 mi
- Fort Colorado Historical Marker: 1.3 mi
- E.R. Fincher III Garden: 1.4 mi
- SFC Teaching Garden: 2.0 mi
- Monoculture: 2.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
- Patterson Park Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 3.3 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- The Thinkery: 2.6 mi
- George Washington Carver Museum: 2.8 mi
- Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center: 2.9 mi
- Texas Music Museum: 3.2 mi
- Republic of Texas Museum: 3.2 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 6.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.9 mi
- Mount Barker: 6.9 mi
- Mount Lucas: 7.1 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 3.2 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 3.5 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 4.1 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 4.1 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 5.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.1 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 6.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 8.2 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 8.7 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 9.2 mi
- McDuff: 13.2 mi
- New Sweden: 13.8 mi
- Goforth: 18.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 18.6 mi
- Palm Valley: 19.3 mi
- Seiders Spring: 4.9 mi
- Eliza Spring: 5.5 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 5.7 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.0 mi
- Queen's Bath: 16.9 mi
- Bird Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Seismic Wall: 7.5 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 8.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 11.3 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Bluff Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 275° | 433 m | 24.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 257° | 406 m | 24.3 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 275° | 364 m | 18.8 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 283° | 360 m | 18.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 252° | 353 m | 17.4 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NW 325° | 343 m | 24.1 mi |
| Jollyville Plateau | NW 311° | 340 m | 13.3 mi |
| Maul Hill | WNW 285° | 330 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
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 | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1086778267
Day trips start here
- Austin · 4 mi
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