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Bar K Park

Bar K Park from directly overhead

Bar K Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 211 m. Rattlesnake Mountain stands 491 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.3 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
211 m
Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.46809, -97.99561

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Protected Promise: 10.5 mi
  • Wings: 10.9 mi
  • Dancin': 10.9 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 10.9 mi
  • Sentinel: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 56
Gardens: 55
  • Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Reagan Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Rancho Sienna Community Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Xeriscape Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 16.3 mi
Nature reserves: 50
Museums: 42
Attractions: 21
  • Texas paintball: 5.6 mi
  • Hamilton Pool: 11.7 mi
  • Artificial Chimney: 15.0 mi
  • Dead Man's Hole: 16.6 mi
  • Lake Austin: 17.1 mi
Springs: 10
  • Apple Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Queen's Bath: 8.8 mi
  • Bell Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Flatrock Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Jones Spring: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Small Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Link Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 19.3 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake MountainW 267°491 m23.9 mi
Round MountainW 267°480 m22.2 mi
Shovel MountainW 263°472 m15.2 mi
Post MountainNW 323°462 m24.6 mi
Shingle HillsSSW 205°433 m12.8 mi
WildCat MountainNW 319°429 m13.9 mi
Gainor MountainSSW 203°429 m22.4 mi
North PeakNW 319°425 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1219:44
June solstice06:3120:0320:38
September equinox07:2118:5819:30
December solstice07:2617:0017:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505360677481838478695951
Precip in1.92.12.72.94.02.82.02.93.23.52.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 33 NW, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pipevine Swallowtail46 obs
  • Ashe juniper43 obs
  • Texas bluebonnet40 obs
  • White-tailed Deer38 obs
  • Agarita36 obs
  • Common Buckeye30 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher29 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade29 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/1333779115

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