Inks Lake State Park
Inks Lake State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Pyramid Rock stands 531 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Devils Waterhole, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- 1000ft overlook of Inks Lake · 1 mi
- Sunset Deck · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoover's Valley Cemetery: 2.5 mi
- Falkenstein Castle: 2.6 mi
- Longhorn Cavern Administration Building: 4.0 mi
- Longhorn Caverns: 4.0 mi
- C.S.A. Salt Works: 4.1 mi
- Bill Pickett Hill: 2.8 mi
- Long Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Lion Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.9 mi
- Backbone Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Longhorn Cavern State Park: 3.5 mi
- Reveille Peak Ranch: 4.0 mi
- Black Rock Park: 5.2 mi
- Llano County Park: 5.2 mi
- Spider Mountain Bike Park: 6.9 mi
- Williams Spring: 3.5 mi
- Fourmile Spring: 5.4 mi
- Boiling Springs: 9.9 mi
- Trough Spring: 10.1 mi
- Persimmon Spring: 10.8 mi
- Devils Waterhole: 0.8 mi
- Rocky Point: 4.6 mi
- Black Rock: 5.4 mi
- White Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Chism Bluff: 14.4 mi
- CCC Museum: 4.0 mi
- Fort Croghan Museum: 8.0 mi
- Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 8.0 mi
- Burnet County Historical Jail: 8.7 mi
- The Falls Museum: 11.9 mi
- Observation Tower: 4.0 mi
- Dead Man's Hole: 15.9 mi
- World's Largest Spur: 24.3 mi
- Mormon Mill: 10.8 mi
- Click: 17.1 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Gorman Falls: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Inks Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Rock | WSW 245° | 531 m | 18.1 mi |
| Dancer Peak | WSW 251° | 525 m | 14.9 mi |
| Indian Hills | NW 318° | 492 m | 19.0 mi |
| Long Mountain | N 9° | 490 m | 11.5 mi |
| Potato Hill | NE 50° | 484 m | 7.4 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | N 4° | 484 m | 13.6 mi |
| Riley Mountains | WSW 237° | 484 m | 16.5 mi |
| Watson Mountain | SW 231° | 479 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:14 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:05 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 17:00 | 17:37 |
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 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnet Muni AP, 8 mi away.
- lace hedgehog cactus585 obs
- Christmas cholla321 obs
- Canada Goose275 obs
- Greater Earless Lizard246 obs
- Texas bluebonnet211 obs
- Texas Paintbrush196 obs
- Northern Cardinal183 obs
- Buckley's Yucca180 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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