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Lakeshore at Town Lake Metropolitan Park

Lakeshore at Town Lake Metropolitan Park from directly overhead

Lakeshore at Town Lake Metropolitan Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 132 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeshore Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
132 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.24390, -97.71894

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lakeshore Park: 0.2 mi
  • Peace Point at Town Lake Metropolitan Park: 0.2 mi
  • Snake Island: 0.2 mi
  • Longhorn Shores at Town Lake Metropolitan Park: 0.4 mi
  • International Shores at Town Lake Metropolitan Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Ghost Harps: 0.4 mi
  • Cenotaphs: 0.4 mi
  • Absolute Equality: Unity Tunnel: 0.5 mi
  • Tenderly: 0.8 mi
  • Reach for Your Dreams: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 54
Gardens: 51
  • Pollinator Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Festival Beach Food Forest: 1.2 mi
  • East Avenue Rain Garden: 1.3 mi
  • E.R. Fincher III Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Explorers Garden: 1.8 mi
Museums: 41
Peaks: 36
Attractions: 17
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 1.8 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.9 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 1.9 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 2.7 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 3.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Twin Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 7.0 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 1.3 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.8 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 19.3 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 3.9 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 5.3 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.4 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lakeshore at Town Lake Metropolitan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 280°433 m22.3 mi
Lone Man MountainWSW 242°416 m24.9 mi
Wallace MountainW 260°406 m21.6 mi
Chalk KnobWNW 282°364 m16.6 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 291°360 m16.3 mi
Signal HillWSW 255°353 m14.5 mi
Jess Maynard HillNNW 332°343 m24.3 mi
Jollyville PlateauNW 324°340 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485360677481848478685951

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle546 obs
  • White-tailed Deer484 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel474 obs
  • ballmoss467 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade462 obs
  • Turk's cap450 obs
  • Great Blue Heron400 obs
  • Northern Cardinal369 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/584028529

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