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Pastor Edward Clarence Craig, Jr. Neighborhood Park

Pastor Edward Clarence Craig, Jr. Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Pastor Edward Clarence Craig, Jr. Neighborhood Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ponciana Neighborhood Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
189 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.19913, -97.73976

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ponciana Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Dove Springs District Park: 1.0 mi
  • McKinney Falls State Park: 1.3 mi
  • Mabel Davis District Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kendra Page Neighborhood Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 59
Gardens: 51
  • Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Peace Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Festival Beach Food Forest: 3.7 mi
Museums: 45
Peaks: 36
Attractions: 18
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Twin Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 7.4 mi
Springs: 10
Ghost towns: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 1.5 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 3.6 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 7.1 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 4.0 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 4.8 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 18.5 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pastor Edward Clarence Craig, Jr. Neighborhood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsWNW 289°433 m21.9 mi
Gainor MountainW 265°429 m24.0 mi
Lone Woman MountainWSW 249°423 m23.5 mi
Lone Man MountainWSW 248°416 m22.4 mi
Wallace MountainW 268°406 m20.0 mi
Chalk KnobWNW 293°364 m16.4 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 302°360 m16.6 mi
Signal HillW 267°353 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0120:36
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Christmas cholla313 obs
  • Texas bluebonnet290 obs
  • Texas Cooter271 obs
  • Snowy Egret224 obs
  • Texas Persimmon211 obs
  • firewheel196 obs
  • Turk's cap183 obs
  • Engelmann daisy176 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/454963772

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