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Dave Reed Park

Dave Reed Park from directly overhead

Dave Reed Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 238 m. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Laura Reed Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.3 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Unimproved park with no amenities.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
238 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Jonestown Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates30.46621, -97.92239

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laura Reed Park: 0.5 mi
  • Jones Brothers Park: 1.6 mi
  • Canyonlands Trail Park: 1.9 mi
  • Fireman's Park: 1.9 mi
  • Shady Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Protected Promise: 6.5 mi
  • Wings: 7.1 mi
  • Dancin': 7.1 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 7.1 mi
  • Sentinel: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Reagan Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Xeriscape Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Rancho Sienna Community Garden: 12.6 mi
Peaks: 54
Nature reserves: 53
Museums: 39
Attractions: 21
  • Texas paintball: 2.7 mi
  • Artificial Chimney: 12.3 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 13.1 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 13.6 mi
  • Lake Austin: 14.1 mi
Springs: 10
  • Queen's Bath: 4.4 mi
  • Apple Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Shady Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Small Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Link Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 17.7 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 19.1 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shovel MountainW 265°472 m19.5 mi
Shingle HillsSW 221°433 m15.1 mi
WildCat MountainNW 308°429 m17.1 mi
Gainor MountainSSW 212°429 m24.3 mi
North PeakNW 309°425 m17.9 mi
Tater HillNW 313°422 m14.3 mi
Boultinghouse MountainNW 305°418 m11.9 mi
Wallace MountainSSW 205°406 m21.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:44
June solstice06:3120:0220:38
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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard28 obs
  • blackfoot daisy20 obs
  • Mountain Pink20 obs
  • Green Anole19 obs
  • turkey tangle frogfruit18 obs
  • buttonbush17 obs
  • Antelopehorn Milkweed17 obs
  • evergreen sumac16 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/584968997

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