- Elevation, modelled
- 180 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Shingle Hills433 m · 23.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail7.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:36local time
- Coordinates
- 30.2933, -97.6963
John Gaines Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled 180 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Roger Lavon Taylor Senior Plaza, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 7.1 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of John Gaines Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 271° | 433 m | 23.3 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 252° | 406 m | 23.7 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 270° | 364 m | 17.6 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | W 278° | 360 m | 16.8 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 245° | 353 m | 17.0 mi |
| Polecat Knob | NW 318° | 346 m | 23.5 mi |
| Hamilton Hill | NW 324° | 345 m | 23.7 mi |
| Jess Maynard Hill | NW 325° | 343 m | 22.1 mi |
- 7.1 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 19.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 23.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Roger Lavon Taylor Senior Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Isamu Taniguchi Park: 0.2 mi
- Orchard Garden: 0.2 mi
- Eva Carrillo de García Park: 0.2 mi
- Mueller Southeast Greenway: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- Arachnophilia: 0.3 mi
- Ocho: 0.4 mi
- Pollen Grain: 0.5 mi
- Wigwam: 0.5 mi
- Nessy: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
- Site of Pecan Springs School: 0.6 mi
- Evergreen Cemetery: 1.0 mi
- Annie Webb Blanton: 1.0 mi
- Bethany Cemetery: 1.1 mi
- First Colored Baptist Church: 1.1 mi
Gardens: 55
- Butterfly Garden: 0.5 mi
- Monoculture: 0.5 mi
- Patterson Park Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- SFC Teaching Garden: 1.3 mi
- Windsor Park Community Garden: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 53
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 4.8 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
Museums: 40
- The Thinkery: 0.6 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 2.0 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 2.0 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum: 2.0 mi
- Texas Memorial Museum: 2.2 mi
Peaks: 37
- Hergotz Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 5.0 mi
- Mount Barker: 5.1 mi
- Mount Lucas: 5.2 mi
- Mount Larson: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 18
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.5 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 2.8 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 3.7 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 3.8 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 7.4 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 7.6 mi
- Twin Falls: 7.6 mi
Ghost towns: 8
- New Sweden: 13.5 mi
- McDuff: 14.7 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.8 mi
- Goforth: 19.6 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.6 mi
Springs: 7
- Seiders Spring: 3.2 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 4.7 mi
- Eliza Spring: 4.8 mi
- Shady Spring: 7.2 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Bird Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 7.0 mi
- Fern Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Stone picnic table: 7.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 8.3 mi
- The Learning Tree: 10.9 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
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