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Beverly S. Sheffield Northwest District Park

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Beverly S. Sheffield Northwest District Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Quarry Site, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.2 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
205 m

What to expect

Operated by
Austin Parks and Recreation Department

How to reach it

Coordinates30.34828, -97.74305

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 57
Gardens: 54
Peaks: 42
Museums: 40
Attractions: 19
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 1.8 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 2.7 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 4.1 mi
  • Lake Austin: 4.1 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Link Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Small Falls: 7.3 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 7.9 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 12.1 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 10.0 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 11.2 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 11.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beverly S. Sheffield Northwest District Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 261°433 m20.8 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 241°406 m22.6 mi
NegroheadNW 308°405 m23.5 mi
Bald MountainNW 304°383 m24.1 mi
Travis PeakNW 307°382 m21.4 mi
Round MountainNW 319°366 m21.3 mi
Big Bear HillNW 320°366 m22.3 mi
Chalk KnobWSW 255°364 m15.4 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 Anole265 obs
  • Green Cloverworm Moth212 obs
  • Piger Grass Tubeworm Moth208 obs
  • Western Honey Bee189 obs
  • Gulf Coast Toad187 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel174 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle157 obs
  • straggler daisy149 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/206553458

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