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Lockhart State Park

Lockhart State Park from directly overhead

Lockhart State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Coal Kiln Hill stands 281 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Street Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates29.85139, -97.69708

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Maple Street Park: 1.6 mi
  • Nueces Street Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lions Park: 2.7 mi
  • North Pecos Park: 3.0 mi
  • Santos Arredondo Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks: 21
  • Koeglar Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Round Mountain: 13.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Iron Mountains: 14.2 mi
  • Crouch Benchmark: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 14
  • Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches: 2.8 mi
  • Caldwell County Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Commemorative Air Force Exhibit: 10.2 mi
  • Luling Oil Museum: 12.0 mi
  • Central Texas Oil Patch Museum: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
Springs: 2
  • San Marcos Springs: 14.3 mi
  • Weismuller Spring: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Purgatory Creek Overlook: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Stone picnic table: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Coal Kiln HillW 267°281 m19.6 mi
Carpenter HillsNW 325°269 m20.4 mi
Trunk HillW 267°263 m18.9 mi
Woods HillNNW 340°237 m17.9 mi
Barton HillNW 323°233 m18.5 mi
Bastrop County High PointE 82°226 m16.5 mi
Crouch BenchmarkE 95°224 m14.8 mi
Flag HillENE 76°221 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0020:35
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2317:0017:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525562697783858680716153
Precip in2.42.22.72.94.23.61.92.63.44.22.62.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luling, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Turk's cap66 obs
  • Texas Persimmon49 obs
  • Mexican buckeye48 obs
  • ballmoss41 obs
  • Rusty Blackhaw39 obs
  • Swift Setwing39 obs
  • frostweed39 obs
  • Spanish moss33 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/28720643

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