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Mayfield Park

Mayfield Park from directly overhead

Mayfield Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 162 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mayfield Gardens, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
162 m
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Coordinates30.31264, -97.77095

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria: 0.2 mi
  • Covert Park at Mount Bonnell: 0.7 mi
  • West Lake Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Ridge Oak Reservoir Park: 1.2 mi
  • Signature Park: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 55
Nature reserves: 55
Peaks: 44
Museums: 41
Attractions: 19
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 0.6 mi
  • Lake Austin: 1.2 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 3.1 mi
  • Artificial Chimney: 3.1 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Link Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 4.7 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 5.0 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 6.4 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 14.7 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 7.2 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 8.4 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 9.2 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 268°433 m18.9 mi
Gainor MountainWSW 246°429 m24.2 mi
Lone Man MountainSW 229°416 m25.0 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 245°406 m20.0 mi
NegroheadNW 315°405 m23.9 mi
Bald MountainNW 311°383 m24.3 mi
Travis PeakNW 315°382 m21.7 mi
Round MountainNNW 327°366 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0220:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Texas mountain laurel298 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard261 obs
  • Indian Peafowl253 obs
  • evergreen sumac249 obs
  • Green Anole213 obs
  • Heavenly bamboo196 obs
  • Mexican buckeye178 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel165 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/392384616

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