Bastrop State Park
Bastrop State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is CCC Water Fountain, a attraction 2.7 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 8.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 2.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- The CCC at Bastrop State Park: 3.0 mi
- Felipe Enrique Neri Baron de Bastrop: 3.0 mi
- Alum Creek Cemetery: 3.4 mi
- The Gotier Trace: 3.6 mi
- Lost Pines of Texas: 3.6 mi
- Lake Bastrop South Shore Park: 3.6 mi
- Mayfest Park: 3.7 mi
- Buescher State Park: 4.2 mi
- Lake Bastrop Lands: 4.7 mi
- Kerr Community Park: 4.8 mi
- Lotman Hill: 2.9 mi
- Royston Hill: 8.8 mi
- High Point: 11.9 mi
- Caldwell Knob: 14.4 mi
- Yegua Knobbs: 15.4 mi
- Museum of the Bastrop County Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum: 7.5 mi
- Rockne Museum: 14.3 mi
- Texas Wendish Heritage Museum: 14.7 mi
- Elgin Depot Museum: 18.2 mi
- Red Bluffs: 3.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Bastrop Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Memorial Grove: 9.1 mi
- Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel Statue: 17.0 mi
- Fork in the Road: 24.2 mi
- CCC Water Fountain: 2.7 mi
- Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bastrop State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yegua Benchmark | N 9° | 232 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bastrop County High Point | SW 216° | 226 m | 19.5 mi |
| Yegua Knobbs | N 9° | 225 m | 15.4 mi |
| Crouch Benchmark | SW 214° | 224 m | 23.5 mi |
| Flag Hill | SW 218° | 221 m | 17.8 mi |
| Lotman Hill | NNW 328° | 201 m | 2.9 mi |
| Caldwell Knob | W 281° | 177 m | 14.4 mi |
| Royston Hill | S 178° | 174 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:59 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithville, 8 mi away.
- common bracken37 obs
- Common Spotted Whiptail31 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker30 obs
- Gulf Coast Toad30 obs
- American beautyberry27 obs
- Festive Tiger Beetle26 obs
- loblolly pine25 obs
- little bluestem22 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.
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