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Chisholm Valley Park

Chisholm Valley Park from directly overhead

Chisholm Valley Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 234 m. Boultinghouse Mountain stands 418 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Frontier Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.8 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
234 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates30.49676, -97.68746

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frontier Park: 0.4 mi
  • Round Rock West Park: 0.5 mi
  • Buck Egger Park: 0.7 mi
  • Centennial Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • Bustin Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Two lion statues: 3.5 mi
  • Giraffe statue: 3.5 mi
  • Kalahari Resort sign: 3.6 mi
  • Herd of elephant statues: 3.6 mi
  • Termite mound sculpture: 3.6 mi
Gardens: 56
Nature reserves: 51
Museums: 41
  • Palm House Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Bohls House: 6.1 mi
  • Museum of Ice Cream: 6.9 mi
  • Museum of Illusions: 7.3 mi
  • The Williamson Museum: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 41
Attractions: 14
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 6.6 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 6.7 mi
  • Inner Space Cavern: 7.7 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 9.1 mi
  • Texas paintball: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hidden Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Link Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Small Falls: 13.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Shady Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Queen's Bath: 9.8 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Apple Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 20.8 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 21.4 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boultinghouse MountainW 281°418 m24.2 mi
NegroheadW 281°405 m22.3 mi
Bald MountainW 278°383 m23.5 mi
Travis PeakW 277°382 m20.6 mi
Pilot KnobNW 326°368 m22.2 mi
Chalk KnobWNW 285°367 m23.6 mi
Round MountainWNW 289°366 m18.2 mi
Big Bear HillWNW 291°366 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0220:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5817:35

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree privet210 obs
  • Gray Hairstreak190 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel175 obs
  • Taro168 obs
  • Great Egret159 obs
  • Queen156 obs
  • Chinaberry139 obs
  • Phaon Crescent131 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/581282776

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