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Sunset Valley Nature Area

Sunset Valley Nature Area from directly overhead

Sunset Valley Nature Area is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Mount Sharp stands 463 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is 37 Lone Oak Trail Open Space, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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City of Sunset Valley
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.22225, -97.81938

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 37 Lone Oak Trail Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Cougar Creek Greenbelt: 0.4 mi
  • Valley Creek Park: 0.6 mi
  • Tahoe Trail Pocket Park: 1.0 mi
  • Gaines Greenbelt: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 59
Gardens: 53
  • Cherry Creek Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Peace Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Forest Trail Garden: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 45
Museums: 45
Attractions: 20
  • Barton Springs Pool: 4.1 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 4.4 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 5.0 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 5.1 mi
  • Frate Barker Path: 5.6 mi
Springs: 13
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 6.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 1.5 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 2.2 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 6.5 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 1.9 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 7.4 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 15.2 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunset Valley Nature Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SharpWSW 250°463 m24.9 mi
Jack MountainWSW 248°451 m22.5 mi
Roundtree MountainWSW 255°449 m22.7 mi
Shingle HillsWNW 289°433 m16.8 mi
Gainor MountainW 259°429 m19.5 mi
Peach MountainWSW 251°429 m21.0 mi
Lone Woman MountainWSW 239°423 m19.9 mi
Lone Man MountainWSW 238°416 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0220:37
September equinox07:2018:5819:29
December solstice07:2417:0017:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485360677481848478685951

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1081681031

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