Longhorn Cavern State Park
Longhorn Cavern State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 385 m. Pyramid Rock stands 531 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Observation Tower, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- 1000ft overlook of Inks Lake · 3 mi
- Sunset Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Longhorn Caverns: 0.7 mi
- Longhorn Cavern Administration Building: 0.7 mi
- Falkenstein Castle: 0.8 mi
- Hoover's Valley Cemetery: 1.6 mi
- The Tobey Community Cemetery: 3.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.8 mi
- Backbone Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Long Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Slaughter Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Bill Pickett Hill: 6.3 mi
- Inks Lake State Park: 3.5 mi
- Packsaddle Elementary School Playground: 5.7 mi
- Granite Shoals Park: 6.6 mi
- Reveille Peak Ranch: 7.2 mi
- Black Rock Park: 7.6 mi
- Williams Spring: 1.1 mi
- Fourmile Spring: 6.7 mi
- Boiling Springs: 12.6 mi
- Trough Spring: 12.7 mi
- Flatrock Spring: 13.0 mi
- Devils Waterhole: 4.0 mi
- Black Rock: 7.7 mi
- Rocky Point: 8.0 mi
- White Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 17.4 mi
- CCC Museum: 0.7 mi
- Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 8.1 mi
- The Falls Museum: 8.6 mi
- Fort Croghan Museum: 8.6 mi
- Burnet County Historical Jail: 9.2 mi
- Observation Tower: 0.6 mi
- Dead Man's Hole: 12.5 mi
- Mormon Mill: 8.3 mi
- Click: 15.5 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Longhorn Cavern State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Rock | WSW 256° | 531 m | 17.6 mi |
| Dancer Peak | W 264° | 525 m | 14.8 mi |
| Howell Mountain | SSW 199° | 504 m | 18.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | S 187° | 491 m | 16.8 mi |
| Long Mountain | N 5° | 490 m | 14.8 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNE 31° | 484 m | 9.6 mi |
| Riley Mountains | WSW 250° | 484 m | 15.5 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | N 1° | 484 m | 17.0 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 | 07:22 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 17:01 | 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.
- Christmas cholla45 obs
- Spanish dagger42 obs
- Texas bluebonnet34 obs
- Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake29 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard25 obs
- evergreen sumac23 obs
- Red Admiral22 obs
- Mexican buckeye22 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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