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Cypress Creek Park

Cypress Creek Park from directly overhead

Cypress Creek Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cypress Creek Park (North), a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
218 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.43605, -97.87290

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Protected Promise: 5.6 mi
  • Wings: 6.9 mi
  • Dancin': 6.9 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 6.9 mi
  • Sentinel: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 55
  • Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Reagan Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Xeriscape Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Our Lady's Prayer Garden: 10.2 mi
Peaks: 53
Museums: 38
Attractions: 22
  • Texas paintball: 5.2 mi
  • Artificial Chimney: 9.2 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 9.7 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 10.0 mi
  • Lake Austin: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Small Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Link Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
Springs: 9
  • Queen's Bath: 2.4 mi
  • Apple Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Shady Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 15.2 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 16.2 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 19.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shovel MountainW 271°472 m22.4 mi
Shingle HillsSW 234°433 m15.8 mi
WildCat MountainNW 308°429 m20.7 mi
Gainor MountainSW 221°429 m24.4 mi
North PeakNW 308°425 m21.5 mi
Tater HillNW 311°422 m17.9 mi
Boultinghouse MountainNW 305°418 m15.5 mi
Wallace MountainSW 215°406 m20.9 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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • blackfoot daisy63 obs
  • Ashe juniper57 obs
  • cedar sage49 obs
  • Snapdragon Vine42 obs
  • Lindheimer's silktassel42 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard38 obs
  • Drummond's rain lily37 obs
  • Carolina buckthorn37 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/778099602

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