Cat Mountain
Cat Mountain rises to 283 m in Texas. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Ledge Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Texas, United States of America
Wikidata Q31697035, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 283 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 23.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stone Ledge Park: 1.0 mi
- Boat Landing Park: 1.1 mi
- Bull Creek District Park: 1.2 mi
- Plaza on the Lake Park: 1.2 mi
- Bright Leaf Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- First Presbyterian Church of Austin: 1.8 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.2 mi
- Davis Cemetery: 2.2 mi
- Rainey House: 2.2 mi
- Balcones Fault Aids Colonization of Texas: 2.3 mi
- Blue Blood: 2.6 mi
- Thicket: 4.2 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 4.9 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 5.0 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 5.0 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 2.5 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Prayer Garden: 1.4 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Our Lady's Prayer Garden: 2.8 mi
- Infant Jesus of Prague Garden: 2.9 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 4.1 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mount Lucas: 1.6 mi
- Mount Barker: 1.9 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 2.2 mi
- Mount Larson: 3.1 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 2.8 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 2.9 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 4.4 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 4.5 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 4.5 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 2.9 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 3.5 mi
- Lake Austin: 3.6 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 3.9 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 5.2 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Link Falls: 1.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 1.9 mi
- Small Falls: 5.1 mi
- Seiders Spring: 3.8 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 5.3 mi
- Eliza Spring: 6.1 mi
- Shady Spring: 6.3 mi
- Queen's Bath: 8.7 mi
- Seismic Wall: 7.6 mi
- Bird Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Fern Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 24.5 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 9.8 mi
- The Learning Tree: 10.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 11.9 mi
- Palm Valley: 16.2 mi
- New Sweden: 16.4 mi
- McDuff: 20.9 mi
- Goforth: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 259° | 433 m | 18.7 mi |
| Boultinghouse Mountain | NW 309° | 418 m | 23.4 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 237° | 406 m | 20.9 mi |
| Negrohead | NW 311° | 405 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 307° | 383 m | 22.1 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 310° | 382 m | 19.5 mi |
| Chalk Knob | NW 313° | 367 m | 23.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 324° | 366 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:02 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356701653
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- Austin · 6 mi
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