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Bob Wentz Park

Bob Wentz Park from directly overhead

Bob Wentz Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - Romberg, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Travis County Parks
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates30.41402, -97.89838

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hippie Hollow Park: 1.0 mi
  • Mansfield Dam Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mansfield Dam Overlook Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
  • Steichen Park: 1.5 mi
  • Tom Hughes Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Protected Promise: 7.7 mi
  • Wings: 8.9 mi
  • Dancin': 8.9 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 8.9 mi
  • Sentinel: 8.9 mi
Nature reserves: 56
Peaks: 54
Gardens: 54
Museums: 38
Attractions: 22
  • Texas paintball: 6.2 mi
  • Artificial Chimney: 8.5 mi
  • Lake Austin: 10.4 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 10.7 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Small Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Link Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 7.8 mi
Springs: 10
  • Queen's Bath: 4.5 mi
  • Apple Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 12.1 mi
  • Shady Spring: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 13.9 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 15.2 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 19.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shovel MountainW 275°472 m21.0 mi
Shingle HillsSW 235°433 m13.7 mi
WildCat MountainNW 314°429 m20.6 mi
Gainor MountainSW 221°429 m22.3 mi
North PeakNW 314°425 m21.3 mi
Tater HillNW 318°422 m17.9 mi
Boultinghouse MountainNW 313°418 m15.3 mi
Wallace MountainSW 214°406 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:43
June solstice06:3120:0220:37
September equinox07:2118:5819:30
December solstice07:2516:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677481848478695850
Precip in2.62.03.02.34.14.42.82.33.44.62.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Lilac chaste tree106 obs
  • Rock Squirrel79 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard61 obs
  • Snapdragon Vine60 obs
  • Osprey51 obs
  • buttonbush50 obs
  • Great Blue Heron49 obs
  • turkey tangle frogfruit46 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/235317003

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