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Palmetto State Park

Palmetto State Park from directly overhead

Palmetto State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Kings Hill stands 228 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates29.60558, -97.58073

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks: 42
  • Palmetto State Park: 0.2 mi
  • Palmetto State Park: 1.3 mi
  • Southside Park: 5.7 mi
  • Zedler Mill Park South: 6.0 mi
  • Peach Park: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Red Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Iron Peak: 4.6 mi
  • Iron Mountains: 8.9 mi
  • Watson Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Stevens Hill: 10.8 mi
Museums: 12
  • Central Texas Oil Patch Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Luling Oil Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Gonzales Memorial Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Pioneer Flight Museum: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Mayhem Wall: 21.9 mi
  • Antique Road Grader: 23.3 mi
  • World's Largest Pecan: 23.4 mi
  • Martin Luther Statue: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings HillWSW 242°228 m23.8 mi
Bastrop County High PointNNE 26°226 m21.4 mi
Crouch BenchmarkNNE 26°224 m17.4 mi
Flag HillNNE 25°221 m23.3 mi
Round MountainNNE 24°214 m11.1 mi
Mill Creek HillsWNW 288°214 m17.8 mi
Capote KnobWSW 239°209 m14.8 mi
Koeglar HillNW 325°208 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3219:5920:34
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:2217:0117:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525562697783858680716153
Precip in2.42.22.72.94.23.61.92.63.44.22.62.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luling, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dwarf Palmetto326 obs
  • Red Buckeye293 obs
  • Green Anole274 obs
  • Northern Cardinal202 obs
  • Turk's cap202 obs
  • river oats188 obs
  • Green Treefrog179 obs
  • Black Vulture168 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/28726718

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