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Bright Leaf Natural Area

Bright Leaf Natural Area from directly overhead

Bright Leaf Natural Area is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Ledge Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.3 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
180 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.33555, -97.77102

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stone Ledge Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ridge Oak Triangle: 0.3 mi
  • Ridge Oak Reservoir Park: 0.4 mi
  • Perry Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
  • Covert Park at Mount Bonnell: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 57
Gardens: 54
  • Prayer Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Mayfield Gardens: 1.6 mi
  • Our Lady's Prayer Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Infant Jesus of Prague Garden: 2.6 mi
  • University of Texas Microfarm: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 45
Museums: 41
Attractions: 19
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 1.6 mi
  • Lake Austin: 2.6 mi
  • Artificial Chimney: 3.6 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 3.6 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 4.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Link Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 5.7 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 6.5 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 13.2 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 8.7 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 9.7 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 10.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bright Leaf Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 263°433 m19.0 mi
Gainor MountainWSW 243°429 m24.9 mi
Boultinghouse MountainNW 310°418 m24.6 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 241°406 m20.7 mi
NegroheadNW 312°405 m22.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 308°383 m23.3 mi
Travis PeakNW 312°382 m20.6 mi
Chalk KnobNW 314°367 m24.9 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:2416:5917:36

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Texas mountain laurel288 obs
  • evergreen sumac256 obs
  • Indian Peafowl251 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard192 obs
  • Green Anole183 obs
  • Lindheimer's silktassel169 obs
  • Western Honey Bee163 obs
  • Ashe juniper162 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/28714994

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