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Krause Springs

Krause Springs from directly overhead

Krause Springs is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Tater Hill stands 512 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Grelle Recreation Area, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.4 miles off.

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What to expect

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Coordinates30.47915, -98.14750

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grelle Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Turkey Bend Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
  • Spicewood Trails Park: 3.4 mi
  • Muleshoe Bend Recreational Area: 3.5 mi
  • Shaffer Bend Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Cedar Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Shovel Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Boultinghouse Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Negrohead: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 26
Artworks: 13
  • Protected Promise: 19.4 mi
  • Wings: 19.4 mi
  • Dancin': 19.4 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 19.5 mi
  • Sentinel: 19.5 mi
Museums: 11
  • The Falls Museum: 10.9 mi
  • Interpretive Center: 17.1 mi
  • CCC Museum: 18.6 mi
  • Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 18.7 mi
  • Pound House Historical Farmstead: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Dead Man's Hole: 7.8 mi
  • Hamilton Pool: 9.5 mi
  • Hill Country Overlook: 12.2 mi
  • River Overlook: 12.3 mi
  • Texas paintball: 14.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Flatrock Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Jones Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Bell Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Apple Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Queen's Bath: 17.9 mi
Gardens: 7
Waterfalls: 7
  • Small Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Link Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Krause Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tater HillW 261°512 m23.1 mi
Howell MountainW 261°504 m18.8 mi
Rattlesnake MountainW 262°491 m14.9 mi
Buffalo PeakWSW 245°491 m17.5 mi
Round MountainW 262°480 m13.3 mi
Packsaddle MountainWNW 295°478 m23.6 mi
Shovel MountainWSW 247°472 m6.6 mi
Long MountainW 267°466 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:44
June solstice06:3220:0320:39
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2617:0017:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505360677481838478695951
Precip in1.92.12.72.94.02.82.02.93.23.52.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 33 NW, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Gray Fox57 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail47 obs
  • Bewick's Wren42 obs
  • White-tailed Deer36 obs
  • Green Anole30 obs
  • Common Spotted Whiptail28 obs
  • Texas bluebonnet25 obs
  • Sonoran Bumble Bee23 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/964335551

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