Bee Caves Preserve
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Bee Caves Preserve is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 176 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Bud Boat Landing, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.0 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 176 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 25.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Bud Boat Landing: 0.2 mi
- Walsh Boat Landing: 0.5 mi
- West Lake Beach: 1.1 mi
- Rollingwood Municipal Park: 1.2 mi
- Eilers Neighborhood Park: 1.5 mi
- James and Leana Walsh House: 0.6 mi
- Desegregation of Lions Municipal Golf Course: 1.0 mi
- Sweetbrush (Swisher-Scott Home): 1.0 mi
- Donnan-Hill House: 1.3 mi
- Taylor Lime Kiln #1: 1.4 mi
- Abundance: 1.5 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 1.6 mi
- Blue Blood: 1.8 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 2.3 mi
- ATX: 2.6 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 3.7 mi
- Carrington's Prairie: 3.9 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Wildflower Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Experimental Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Colorado Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Butterfly Trail: 1.9 mi
- Forest Trail Garden: 1.9 mi
- Mount Larson: 1.2 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.2 mi
- Mount Barker: 2.5 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 2.6 mi
- Mount Lucas: 2.8 mi
- Charles Moore House: 1.5 mi
- Eanes History Center: 1.5 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 1.7 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 1.7 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 2.3 mi
- Lake Austin: 0.6 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.1 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 2.2 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 2.3 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 2.3 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 2.9 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 2.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.3 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 1.5 mi
- Eliza Spring: 2.3 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.7 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.5 mi
- Queen's Bath: 12.3 mi
- New Sweden: 18.4 mi
- Goforth: 18.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.1 mi
- McDuff: 20.1 mi
- Lytton Springs: 22.5 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.4 mi
- Bird Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.6 mi
- The Learning Tree: 6.6 mi
- Stone picnic table: 8.4 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bee Caves Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 272° | 433 m | 17.7 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 248° | 429 m | 22.6 mi |
| Peach Mountain | WSW 241° | 429 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | SW 232° | 423 m | 24.1 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | SW 230° | 416 m | 23.2 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 247° | 406 m | 18.4 mi |
| Negrohead | NW 319° | 405 m | 24.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 316° | 383 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.
- Heavenly bamboo475 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard441 obs
- Green Anole372 obs
- Western Slimy Salamander354 obs
- Turk's cap348 obs
- Agarita290 obs
- Texas Persimmon286 obs
- straggler daisy285 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/356848703
Day trips start here
- Austin · 3 mi
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