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Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park

Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park from directly overhead

Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Bike Rock Garden, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.0 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates30.24391, -97.70412

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mountain Bike Rock Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Yates Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
  • Longhorn Shores at Town Lake Metropolitan Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lírica Pocket Park: 0.7 mi
  • Montopolis Neighborhood Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Reach for Your Dreams: 0.2 mi
  • Absolute Equality: Unity Tunnel: 0.7 mi
  • Ghost Harps: 1.0 mi
  • Cenotaphs: 1.2 mi
  • Tenderly: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves: 53
Gardens: 52
  • Pollinator Garden: 1.1 mi
  • E.R. Fincher III Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Festival Beach Food Forest: 2.0 mi
  • East Avenue Rain Garden: 2.1 mi
  • SFC Teaching Garden: 2.4 mi
Museums: 43
Peaks: 35
Attractions: 17
  • French Legation State Historic Site: 2.3 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.7 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 2.7 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 3.1 mi
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Twin Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 7.8 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Bird Bluff: 0.4 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 5.7 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 19.3 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 3.9 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 6.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 9.3 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metro Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 280°433 m23.2 mi
Wallace MountainW 260°406 m22.4 mi
Chalk KnobW 281°364 m17.5 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 290°360 m17.2 mi
Signal HillWSW 256°353 m15.4 mi
Jess Maynard HillNNW 330°343 m24.7 mi
Jollyville PlateauNW 321°340 m13.4 mi
Maul HillWNW 292°330 m17.0 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 Deer484 obs
  • Turk's cap408 obs
  • ballmoss388 obs
  • silverleaf nightshade385 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel359 obs
  • Northern Cardinal332 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle330 obs
  • Texas Leafcutter Ant323 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/188456560

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