Alvin Wirtz Park
Alvin Wirtz Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 257 m. Smith Mountains stands 553 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Castle Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 257 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- 1000ft overlook of Inks Lake · 13 mi
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Castle Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Castle Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Kennison Rock: 1.6 mi
- Granite Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Slaughter Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Cottonwood Shores Nature Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Cottonwood Shores Community Park: 0.6 mi
- P Squared Skate Park: 0.7 mi
- Noah Thompson Park: 0.8 mi
- Aspen Park: 1.0 mi
- Fuchs Cemetery: 0.9 mi
- Conrad Fuchs House: 1.3 mi
- Marble Falls Cemetery: 2.9 mi
- Brandt Badger House: 3.2 mi
- St. Frederick Baptist Church: 3.5 mi
- The Falls Museum: 3.7 mi
- CCC Museum: 9.3 mi
- Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 14.3 mi
- Fort Croghan Museum: 15.4 mi
- Burnet County Historical Jail: 15.7 mi
- Flatrock Spring: 4.1 mi
- Williams Spring: 9.9 mi
- Fourmile Spring: 14.8 mi
- Jones Spring: 18.9 mi
- Trough Spring: 21.5 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 11.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Devils Waterhole: 13.7 mi
- Black Rock: 16.3 mi
- Hickory Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Dead Man's Hole: 4.5 mi
- Observation Tower: 9.3 mi
- Hill Country Overlook: 17.3 mi
- River Overlook: 17.4 mi
- Hamilton Pool: 19.1 mi
- Pogue Springs Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Reimers Natural Parkland Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Hogge Parkland Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Mormon Mill: 8.5 mi
- Click: 14.2 mi
- First United Methodist Church Prayer Garden: 16.3 mi
- Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 24.9 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Alvin Wirtz Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Mountains | WSW 239° | 553 m | 19.1 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | W 266° | 541 m | 18.0 mi |
| Dancer Peak | WNW 297° | 525 m | 18.1 mi |
| Tabletop Mountain | SW 230° | 521 m | 16.0 mi |
| Tater Hill | SW 233° | 512 m | 14.5 mi |
| Howell Mountain | SW 223° | 504 m | 10.8 mi |
| Indian Peak | WSW 239° | 496 m | 15.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SSW 207° | 491 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:13 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 19:00 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 17:01 | 17:37 |
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 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnet Muni AP, 14 mi away.
- Green Anole27 obs
- Texas bluebonnet20 obs
- White-tailed Deer18 obs
- lace hedgehog cactus14 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle13 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard13 obs
- silverleaf nightshade13 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel12 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356728442
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