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Montopolis Neighborhood Park

Montopolis Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Montopolis Neighborhood Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 149 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dolores Church Grotto, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.2 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
149 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.23211, -97.70077

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • Reach for Your Dreams: 0.8 mi
  • Absolute Equality: Unity Tunnel: 1.4 mi
  • Ghost Harps: 1.7 mi
  • Cenotaphs: 1.8 mi
  • Tenderly: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves: 52
Gardens: 52
  • Pollinator Garden: 1.6 mi
  • E.R. Fincher III Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Festival Beach Food Forest: 2.5 mi
  • East Avenue Rain Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Explorers Garden: 3.1 mi
Museums: 43
Peaks: 33
Attractions: 17
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 3.1 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 3.3 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 3.3 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 3.9 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Twin Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 8.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 0.9 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 6.0 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 20.2 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 3.2 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.0 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 9.4 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsWNW 282°433 m23.5 mi
Wallace MountainW 263°406 m22.5 mi
Chalk KnobWNW 283°364 m17.9 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 292°360 m17.7 mi
Signal HillW 259°353 m15.4 mi
Jollyville PlateauNW 322°340 m14.2 mi
Maul HillWNW 294°330 m17.5 mi
Comanche PeakNW 318°325 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:35

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
  • White-tailed Deer485 obs
  • Turk's cap382 obs
  • ballmoss370 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade353 obs
  • Northern Cardinal321 obs
  • Christmas cholla313 obs
  • Texas Leafcutter Ant309 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel299 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/209613087

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