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Hippie Hollow Park

Hippie Hollow Park from directly overhead

Hippie Hollow Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 223 m. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - McGregor, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.4 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
223 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Travis County Parks
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.41289, -97.88241

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • Protected Promise: 7.3 mi
  • Wings: 8.6 mi
  • Dancin': 8.6 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 8.6 mi
  • Sentinel: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves: 56
Gardens: 55
Peaks: 54
Museums: 38
Attractions: 22
  • Texas paintball: 6.5 mi
  • Artificial Chimney: 8.0 mi
  • Lake Austin: 9.7 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 9.9 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Small Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Link Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 6.9 mi
Springs: 10
  • Queen's Bath: 4.0 mi
  • Apple Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 11.5 mi
  • Shady Spring: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 13.7 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 14.8 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 18.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shovel MountainW 275°472 m21.9 mi
Shingle HillsWSW 238°433 m14.4 mi
WildCat MountainNW 312°429 m21.3 mi
Gainor MountainSW 223°429 m22.9 mi
North PeakNW 312°425 m22.1 mi
Tater HillNW 316°422 m18.6 mi
Boultinghouse MountainNW 311°418 m16.0 mi
Wallace MountainSW 217°406 m19.2 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
  • Lilac chaste tree98 obs
  • Rock Squirrel74 obs
  • buttonbush66 obs
  • Snapdragon Vine64 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard60 obs
  • Great Blue Heron56 obs
  • turkey tangle frogfruit51 obs
  • Osprey50 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/201864155

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