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St. John's Park

St. John's Park from directly overhead

St. John's Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttermilk Neighborhood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 8.0 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates30.33270, -97.70042

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Buttermilk Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • St. John's Encampment Commons: 0.8 mi
  • Highland Neighborhood Park and Reznicek Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Dorothy Johns Triangle: 0.8 mi
  • Georgian Acres Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves: 56
Gardens: 55
Museums: 41
Peaks: 40
Attractions: 18
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 2.9 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 3.9 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 4.2 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 4.9 mi
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 4.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hidden Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Link Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 8.8 mi
Springs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Stone picnic table: 10.0 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 10.2 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Bird Bluff: 6.1 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 8.5 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 13.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 265°433 m23.1 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 246°406 m24.4 mi
Travis PeakNW 305°382 m24.1 mi
Round MountainNW 316°366 m23.8 mi
Big Bear HillNW 317°366 m24.7 mi
Chalk KnobW 261°364 m17.6 mi
Flint Rock HillW 269°360 m16.4 mi
Signal HillWSW 237°353 m18.1 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: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle283 obs
  • Glassy-winged Sharpshooter257 obs
  • Monarch251 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle242 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary214 obs
  • Ailanthus Webworm Moth191 obs
  • Gazelle Scarab189 obs
  • Western Honey Bee177 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/32026444

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