West Austin Neighborhood Park
West Austin Neighborhood Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is William Green Hill House, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Austin Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 23.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 25.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- William Green Hill House: 0.2 mi
- Mathews School: 0.2 mi
- Henry H. and Bertha Sterzing Ziller House: 0.2 mi
- Family Home of Dr. R. K. Smoot: 0.2 mi
- Las Ventanas: 0.2 mi
- Palma Plaza Pocket Park: 0.4 mi
- BEPI Park: 0.4 mi
- Caldwell Treaty Oak Park: 0.4 mi
- Duncan Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- Wood Street Park: 0.5 mi
- ATX: 0.5 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 0.7 mi
- Accordion 16: 0.7 mi
- Golden Afternoon: 0.7 mi
- Blunn Creek Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Shudde Fath Tract: 3.7 mi
- Alpine Road Site: 3.7 mi
- Uplands: 4.3 mi
- Colorado River Park Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
- Hartman Prehistoric Garden: 1.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
- Oriental Garden: 1.0 mi
- Green Garden: 1.0 mi
- Butterfly Trail: 1.0 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.1 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 3.2 mi
- Mount Barker: 3.5 mi
- Mount Lucas: 3.7 mi
- Flintridge Hill: 4.7 mi
- Charles Moore House: 0.8 mi
- Austin Public Library - Austin History Center: 0.8 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 0.9 mi
- The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center on Congress Avenue;The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center: 1.0 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 1.1 mi
- Rock Wall At Zilker: 0.9 mi
- Barton Springs Pool: 1.2 mi
- Statesman Bat Observation Center: 1.4 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 1.4 mi
- South Congress Bat Colony: 1.4 mi
- Twin Falls: 3.8 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 4.1 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 4.4 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 6.5 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 0.9 mi
- Eliza Spring: 1.1 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.1 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.3 mi
- Queen's Bath: 13.9 mi
- New Sweden: 17.2 mi
- Goforth: 17.7 mi
- McDuff: 18.0 mi
- Palm Valley: 20.1 mi
- Lytton Springs: 20.7 mi
- Seismic Wall: 3.4 mi
- Bird Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Fern Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 5.1 mi
- Stone picnic table: 6.6 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.2 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Austin Neighborhood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 275° | 433 m | 19.7 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 252° | 429 m | 24.1 mi |
| Lone Man Mountain | SW 235° | 416 m | 24.1 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 252° | 406 m | 19.9 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 318° | 382 m | 24.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 328° | 366 m | 24.8 mi |
| Chalk Knob | W 274° | 364 m | 14.0 mi |
| Flint Rock Hill | WNW 285° | 360 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel2,262 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle2,117 obs
- Pond Slider1,415 obs
- Turk's cap1,141 obs
- Green Anole1,109 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard1,057 obs
- ballmoss959 obs
- Western Honey Bee897 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/210648030
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