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Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park

Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park from directly overhead

Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Shady Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 8.0 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates30.40119, -97.68776

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gracywoods Park: 0.5 mi
  • Park Central Park: 0.7 mi
  • North Star Greenbelt: 0.8 mi
  • Walnut Creek Greenbelt: 0.8 mi
  • Alderbrook Pocket Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 56
Nature reserves: 53
Museums: 41
Peaks: 40
Attractions: 18
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 0.4 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 1.6 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 3.1 mi
  • Armor and Artillery Row: 7.5 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Hidden Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Link Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Small Falls: 10.8 mi
Springs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 14.7 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 14.8 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Fern Bluff: 8.8 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 10.8 mi
  • Seismic Wall: 12.7 mi
  • Comanche Bluff: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsWSW 254°433 m24.8 mi
NegroheadWNW 296°405 m24.4 mi
Travis PeakWNW 294°382 m22.3 mi
Round MountainNW 306°366 m21.2 mi
Big Bear HillNW 307°366 m22.1 mi
Chalk KnobWSW 247°364 m19.7 mi
Flint Rock HillWSW 253°360 m17.9 mi
Signal HillSW 228°353 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:43
June solstice06:3020:0120:37
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 °F495360677481848478695850
Precip in2.62.03.02.34.14.42.82.33.44.62.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree privet429 obs
  • Ashe juniper261 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard209 obs
  • Turk's cap203 obs
  • Heavenly bamboo197 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel196 obs
  • Green Anole195 obs
  • firewheel183 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/58789576

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