McKinney Falls State Park
McKinney Falls State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower McKinney Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.3 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 20.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 23.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sinkholes · 26 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 26 mi
- Sunset Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McKinney Homestead: 0.2 mi
- McKinney Gristmill: 0.2 mi
- Santiago Del Valle Grant: 0.3 mi
- Horse Trainer John Van Hagen's Cabin: 0.4 mi
- Old Lockheed Martin Drone Facility (historical): 1.6 mi
- Dove Springs District Park: 0.8 mi
- Pastor Edward Clarence Craig, Jr. Neighborhood Park: 1.3 mi
- Colorado Crossing Park: 1.7 mi
- Bryant Park: 1.7 mi
- MetCenter Disc Golf Course: 1.8 mi
- Cathedral of Junk: 3.6 mi
- Good Luck Statue: 3.6 mi
- Reach for Your Dreams: 4.1 mi
- Cenotaphs: 4.1 mi
- Sculpture of Brazilian Carnaval Feather Costume: 4.1 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.2 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 5.2 mi
- Uplands: 5.7 mi
- Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 3.6 mi
- Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 4.0 mi
- Festival Beach Food Forest: 4.6 mi
- TexPop ATX: 5.1 mi
- Joseph And Susanna Dickinson Hannig Museum: 5.5 mi
- O. Henry Museum: 5.5 mi
- Texas State Cemetery Visitor Center: 5.5 mi
- French Legation Museum: 5.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.2 mi
- Hergotz Hill: 5.3 mi
- Davis Hill: 6.9 mi
- Woods Hill: 7.8 mi
- Mount Larson: 9.4 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 5.1 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 5.2 mi
- French Legation State Historic Site: 5.5 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 6.0 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 6.2 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 0.1 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 0.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 6.8 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 7.9 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 8.7 mi
- Eliza Spring: 6.0 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 6.8 mi
- Seiders Spring: 8.3 mi
- Shady Spring: 14.6 mi
- Kirby Spring: 20.2 mi
- Goforth: 12.2 mi
- Lytton Springs: 14.3 mi
- McDuff: 15.8 mi
- Polonia: 17.2 mi
- New Sweden: 19.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 0.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 4.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 8.2 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Seismic Wall: 6.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Fern Bluff: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McKinney Falls State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | WNW 290° | 433 m | 23.1 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 251° | 423 m | 24.2 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | WSW 251° | 416 m | 23.1 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | W 270° | 406 m | 21.0 mi |
| Chalk Knob | WNW 294° | 364 m | 17.6 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 303° | 360 m | 17.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | W 271° | 353 m | 13.8 mi |
| Jollyville Plateau | NNW 333° | 340 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Bergstrom Intl AP, 3 mi away.
- Christmas cholla392 obs
- Texas bluebonnet283 obs
- Texas Cooter271 obs
- Texas Persimmon240 obs
- Snowy Egret227 obs
- Mexican buckeye195 obs
- Green Anole188 obs
- firewheel183 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/28715303
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