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Odom School Park

Odom School Park from directly overhead

Odom School Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Jack Mountain stands 451 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Armadillo Neighborhood Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Austin

How to reach it

Coordinates30.20573, -97.78841

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Armadillo Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
  • James A. Garrison District Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cunningham School Park: 1.1 mi
  • Cooper Neighborhood Park: 1.2 mi
  • Battle Bend Neighborhood Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 53
  • Cherry Creek Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 2.6 mi
  • East Avenue Rain Garden: 4.5 mi
Museums: 46
Peaks: 42
Attractions: 20
Springs: 11
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 5.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 0.7 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 4.1 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 4.4 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 2.8 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 6.0 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 16.1 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jack MountainWSW 252°451 m23.9 mi
Roundtree MountainW 259°449 m24.3 mi
Shingle HillsWNW 290°433 m19.0 mi
Gainor MountainW 263°429 m21.2 mi
Peach MountainWSW 255°429 m22.4 mi
Lone Woman MountainWSW 245°423 m21.0 mi
Lone Man MountainWSW 244°416 m20.0 mi
Wallace MountainW 266°406 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5819:29
December solstice07:2417:0017:36

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, 4 mi away.

  • Texas Spiny Lizard221 obs
  • Green Anole193 obs
  • Gulf Coast Toad168 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel162 obs
  • Western Honey Bee135 obs
  • tree privet134 obs
  • straggler daisy134 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary132 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1026179620

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