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South Austin Neighborhood Park

South Austin Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

South Austin Neighborhood Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Denizen Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.1 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
180 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Austin Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.24251, -97.76898

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Denizen Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kinney Oaks Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ricky Guerrero Park: 0.4 mi
  • Gillis Park: 0.6 mi
  • Tom Lasseter-South Lamar Neighborhood Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 56
Gardens: 51
  • Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Peace Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Green Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Oriental Garden: 1.8 mi
Peaks: 40
Museums: 38
Attractions: 18
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 4.8 mi
Springs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 1.8 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 4.2 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 18.5 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 2.8 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 4.8 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 5.5 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsWNW 282°433 m19.4 mi
Gainor MountainWSW 257°429 m22.8 mi
Peach MountainWSW 250°429 m24.3 mi
Lone Woman MountainWSW 240°423 m23.2 mi
Lone Man MountainWSW 239°416 m22.2 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 259°406 m18.6 mi
Chalk KnobWNW 284°364 m13.7 mi
Flint Rock HillWNW 295°360 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0120:37
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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle788 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard610 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel534 obs
  • Egyptian Goose502 obs
  • Heavenly bamboo486 obs
  • Pond Slider481 obs
  • Turk's cap383 obs
  • Texas mountain laurel381 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/37183485

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