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Alamo Pocket Park

Alamo Pocket Park from directly overhead

Alamo Pocket Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Alamo Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.5 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
181 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates30.28261, -97.72032

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • You are my butter half mural: 0.2 mi
  • Amphora: 0.7 mi
  • Figure on a Trunk: 0.7 mi
  • History of Black Bronze I: 0.7 mi
  • Prometheus and Vulture: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Grackle Green: 0.2 mi
  • Chestnut Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cherrywood Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dell Technologies Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Alexander Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 54
Museums: 40
Peaks: 37
Attractions: 19
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 0.9 mi
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 1.3 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.2 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 2.2 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 3.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 6.8 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 2.9 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 5.4 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 16.6 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 6.5 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.8 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 9.3 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alamo Pocket Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 273°433 m21.9 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 253°406 m22.1 mi
Chalk KnobW 272°364 m16.2 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 282°360 m15.5 mi
Signal HillWSW 246°353 m15.4 mi
Polecat KnobNW 322°346 m23.1 mi
Hamilton HillNNW 328°345 m23.5 mi
Jess Maynard HillNNW 329°343 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel1,904 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle1,685 obs
  • Pond Slider854 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird771 obs
  • Western Honey Bee696 obs
  • Rock Pigeon667 obs
  • White-winged Dove661 obs
  • Green Anole592 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/206429470

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