Gus Fruh Park
Gus Fruh Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 168 m. Jack Mountain stands 451 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Seismic Wall, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.7 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 168 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 26.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 26.0 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
- Sinkholes · 27 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Broken Spoke: 0.5 mi
- Millbrook (Roy-Hardin House): 1.7 mi
- Mary Street Stone House: 1.8 mi
- Approximate Location of the Missions: 1.9 mi
- Green Pastures: 1.9 mi
- Phoenix Memorial Greenbelt: 0.6 mi
- Dog Obstacle Course: 0.8 mi
- Tom Lasseter-South Lamar Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
- South Austin Senior Activity Center: 0.9 mi
- Barton Hills School Park: 1.0 mi
- Cathedral of Junk: 2.2 mi
- Greetings from Austin mural: 2.2 mi
- Good Luck Statue: 2.4 mi
- Sculpture of Brazilian Carnaval Feather Costume: 2.4 mi
- Abundance: 2.5 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 0.6 mi
- Uplands: 1.2 mi
- Wildflower Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Sunset Valley Nature Area: 2.2 mi
- Carrington's Prairie: 2.2 mi
- Cherry Creek Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Herbal Garden: 2.0 mi
- Zilker Botanical Garden: 2.1 mi
- Green Garden: 2.1 mi
- Butterfly Trail: 2.1 mi
- Davis Hill: 4.4 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 4.4 mi
- Mount Larson: 4.5 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 5.4 mi
- Mount Barker: 5.7 mi
- TexPop ATX: 1.7 mi
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum;Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum: 2.0 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 2.2 mi
- Eanes History Center: 2.8 mi
- Charles Moore House: 3.2 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 1.8 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 2.2 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 3.0 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 3.0 mi
- Lake Austin: 3.8 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.2 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 2.2 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 2.9 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 5.8 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 5.8 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.9 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 2.5 mi
- Seiders Spring: 5.0 mi
- Shady Spring: 12.2 mi
- Queen's Bath: 15.4 mi
- Goforth: 15.4 mi
- McDuff: 19.8 mi
- Lytton Springs: 19.8 mi
- New Sweden: 20.2 mi
- Polonia: 21.6 mi
- Seismic Wall: 0.4 mi
- Bird Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 2.4 mi
- The Learning Tree: 4.3 mi
- Stone picnic table: 5.9 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gus Fruh Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mountain | WSW 246° | 451 m | 24.6 mi |
| Roundtree Mountain | WSW 252° | 449 m | 24.7 mi |
| Shingle Hills | WNW 282° | 433 m | 17.9 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 256° | 429 m | 21.4 mi |
| Peach Mountain | WSW 248° | 429 m | 23.0 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 238° | 423 m | 22.1 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 237° | 416 m | 21.1 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 257° | 406 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 17:00 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 59 | 51 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 4 mi away.
- Texas Spiny Lizard642 obs
- Heavenly bamboo535 obs
- Gulf Coast Toad364 obs
- Green Anole288 obs
- Western Slimy Salamander276 obs
- False dayflower270 obs
- American beautyberry223 obs
- Little Brown Skink221 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356846528
Day trips start here
- Austin · 3 mi
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