Guadalupe River State Park
Guadalupe River State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 347 m. Meta Mountain stands 583 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Beek Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 15 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 25.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Honey Creek State Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Jumbo Evans Sports Park: 4.9 mi
- The Roundup Beer Garden & Food Park: 5.2 mi
- Guadalupe Cordillera Park: 5.5 mi
- River Crossing Sports Park: 6.1 mi
- Specht's Crossing: 2.5 mi
- Adam Becker Homestead: 3.0 mi
- Spring Branch Post Office: 3.8 mi
- Herman and Ada Knibbe Home: 4.1 mi
- The Engel Store: 5.9 mi
- Devils Hill: 4.8 mi
- Twin Sisters: 8.2 mi
- Lewis Hill: 10.2 mi
- Harrison Hill: 10.3 mi
- Hill in Kendall County: 10.4 mi
- Agricultural Heritage Museum: 16.1 mi
- Blanco Pioneer Museum: 16.4 mi
- Wallaceville: 22.2 mi
- Western Town: 22.2 mi
- Texas Transportation Museum: 22.3 mi
- Beek Spring: 0.7 mi
- Rebecca Springs: 8.0 mi
- Panther Springs: 13.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 13.4 mi
- Cherry Spring: 13.9 mi
- Cascade Caverns: 13.6 mi
- Bracken Cave: 15.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 15.0 mi
- Natural Bridge Mining Company: 15.0 mi
- Bear Cave: 15.3 mi
- Cave Without a Name: 7.9 mi
- Bracken Cave Preserve: 15.5 mi
- James C. Curry Nature Center: 17.7 mi
- Cedar Creek: 20.2 mi
- Medallion Park: 20.6 mi
- Kinder Ranch Elementary Garden: 10.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 21.3 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 21.3 mi
- Native Plant Wildscape Demonstration Garden: 21.9 mi
- El Dorado Community Garden: 22.3 mi
- Honey Creek: 4.4 mi
- Currey's Creek: 9.2 mi
- Ammans Crossing: 11.1 mi
- Welfare: 18.2 mi
- Coker: 21.4 mi
- Batmobile: 20.1 mi
- Sushi Cat: 23.0 mi
- Taking Flight Bronze Sculpture: 23.5 mi
- World's Largest Cowboy Boots: 24.1 mi
- Rose of Lima: 24.4 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 17.5 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 17.8 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 17.8 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 18.4 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 18.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- The Picnic Place: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Guadalupe River State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Mountain | NW 319° | 583 m | 13.9 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | NW 315° | 571 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sabinas Mountain | W 268° | 567 m | 15.4 mi |
| Cave Hill | NW 321° | 566 m | 16.9 mi |
| Hill in Kendall County | N 351° | 563 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lone Hill | NW 318° | 555 m | 17.8 mi |
| Twin Sisters | NNE 18° | 537 m | 8.2 mi |
| Malikoff Hill | WSW 258° | 537 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:14 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 20:04 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 17:03 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boerne, 16 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal796 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail543 obs
- Lesser Goldfinch461 obs
- Painted Bunting436 obs
- great mullein344 obs
- Gray Hairstreak331 obs
- Queen302 obs
- Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo301 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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