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Southland Oaks Neighborhood Park

Southland Oaks Neighborhood Park from directly overhead

Southland Oaks Neighborhood Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Mount Sharp stands 463 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Creek Management Unit, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.0 miles off. 47 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
Coordinates30.15998, -97.86450

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Barker Ranch Park: 0.6 mi
  • Villages of Shady Hollow Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Capistrano Park: 0.7 mi
  • Gatling Gun Park: 0.8 mi
  • Arroyo Blanco Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 53
  • Cherry Creek Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Claire Kolodzey Memorial Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Peace Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Forest Trail Garden: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 47
Museums: 46
Attractions: 24
  • Frate Barker Path: 0.8 mi
  • Bear Creek Stables: 2.3 mi
  • Jackson Tyler Norris Memorial Skate Park: 5.9 mi
  • The Whisky Vault: 6.1 mi
  • Barton Springs Pool: 9.1 mi
Springs: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • The Learning Tree: 3.9 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 5.3 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 8.9 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 7.0 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 11.6 mi
  • Purgatory Creek Overlook: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SharpW 259°463 m21.2 mi
Jack MountainWSW 257°451 m18.7 mi
Roundtree MountainW 265°449 m19.3 mi
Shingle HillsNW 306°433 m16.4 mi
Gainor MountainW 272°429 m16.5 mi
Peach MountainW 261°429 m17.3 mi
Lone Woman MountainWSW 248°423 m15.6 mi
Lone Man MountainWSW 247°416 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:43
June solstice06:3120:0220:37
September equinox07:2118:5819:30
December solstice07:2417:0017:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687581838477695851
Precip in2.62.12.92.64.33.72.12.13.64.02.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dripping Springs 6 E, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Queen634 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard502 obs
  • Antelopehorn Milkweed412 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary386 obs
  • Gray Hairstreak377 obs
  • American Bumble Bee377 obs
  • Neon Skimmer353 obs
  • Sleepy Orange349 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/267594829

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