Chalk Knob
Chalk Knob rises to 364 m in Texas. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Barton Creek Management Unit, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.0 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31697675, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 364 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 15 mi
- Sinkholes · 29 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Field of Dreams: 2.1 mi
- La Campana Park: 2.6 mi
- Bee Cave Central Park: 2.8 mi
- Bee Cave Sculpture Park: 2.9 mi
- Bee Cave City Hall Greenspace: 3.3 mi
- Abundance: 13.1 mi
- Blue Blood: 13.1 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 13.4 mi
- Cathedral of Junk: 14.1 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 14.2 mi
- Lohmans Crossing: 5.5 mi
- Roberts-Teague Cemetery: 6.1 mi
- Burton C. Barnes: 6.2 mi
- Jessica Hollis Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Dripping Springs United Methodist Church: 8.1 mi
- Upper Barton Creek Management Unit: 0.9 mi
- Lower Barton Creek Management Unit: 3.7 mi
- Hogge Parkland Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Mary Gay Maxwell Management Unit: 8.1 mi
- Reimers Natural Parkland Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Flint Rock Hill: 2.7 mi
- Maul Hill: 3.4 mi
- Dittmar Hill: 4.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Shingle Hills: 5.7 mi
- Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 6.2 mi
- Forest Trail Garden: 10.4 mi
- Cherry Creek Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Experimental Gardens: 12.6 mi
- Colorado Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Pound House Historical Farmstead: 8.3 mi
- Eanes History Center: 10.8 mi
- Austin Nature & Science Center: 13.0 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 13.1 mi
- Charles Moore House: 13.5 mi
- Hamilton Pool: 8.8 mi
- The Whisky Vault: 10.1 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 10.1 mi
- Lake Austin: 12.4 mi
- Frate Barker Path: 12.7 mi
- Bell Spring: 7.9 mi
- Kirby Spring: 9.3 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 13.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 13.4 mi
- Jones Spring: 14.2 mi
- Small Falls: 9.1 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 9.7 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 10.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 11.1 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 11.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Bird Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 18.3 mi
- Fern Bluff: 22.3 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 12.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 17.8 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Goforth: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chalk Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shovel Mountain | NW 304° | 472 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Sharp | SW 225° | 463 m | 18.7 mi |
| Jack Mountain | SW 218° | 451 m | 17.0 mi |
| Roundtree Mountain | SW 227° | 449 m | 15.8 mi |
| Shingle Hills | W 276° | 433 m | 5.7 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | SW 226° | 429 m | 12.3 mi |
| Peach Mountain | SW 219° | 429 m | 15.1 mi |
| WildCat Mountain | NNW 338° | 429 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:12 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:02 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 17:00 | 17:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dripping Springs 6 E, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1332617 — Chalk Knob, Travis County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356701939
Day trips start here
- Austin · 15 mi
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