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Allen Memorial County Park

Allen Memorial County Park from directly overhead

Allen Memorial County Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Cemetery, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.5 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates30.34407, -97.75426

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 57
Gardens: 54
  • Prayer Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Our Lady's Prayer Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Infant Jesus of Prague Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Mayfield Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • University of Texas Microfarm: 2.6 mi
Peaks: 43
Attractions: 19
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 2.2 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 2.5 mi
  • Lake Austin: 3.5 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 4.6 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Link Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Small Falls: 6.7 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 7.4 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 12.4 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 9.5 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 10.7 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 11.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 262°433 m20.1 mi
Boultinghouse MountainNW 308°418 m25.0 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 241°406 m21.9 mi
NegroheadNW 309°405 m23.2 mi
Bald MountainNW 306°383 m23.7 mi
Travis PeakNW 309°382 m21.0 mi
Round MountainNW 321°366 m21.1 mi
Big Bear HillNW 322°366 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0220:37
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, 2 mi away.

  • Green Anole238 obs
  • Western Honey Bee180 obs
  • Gulf Coast Toad159 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel140 obs
  • straggler daisy136 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard134 obs
  • Texas mountain laurel134 obs
  • Monarch129 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/154167388

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