Comanche Peak
Comanche Peak rises to 325 m in Texas. Shovel Mountain stands 472 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tom Hughes Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Travis County, Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31698281, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 325 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 28.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tom Hughes Park: 0.3 mi
- Hippie Hollow Park: 0.9 mi
- Bob Wentz Park: 1.7 mi
- Mansfield Dam Park: 2.0 mi
- John Simpson Park: 2.0 mi
- Protected Promise: 7.8 mi
- Blue Blood: 8.5 mi
- Wings: 9.2 mi
- Dancin': 9.2 mi
- Balancing Apple: 9.2 mi
- Old Turbine: 2.1 mi
- Anderson's Mill: 2.3 mi
- Jessica Hollis Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Hudson Bend: 3.1 mi
- Cypress School: 5.0 mi
- Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 5.8 mi
- Prayer Garden: 7.8 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 8.7 mi
- Forest Trail Garden: 8.9 mi
- Reagan Garden: 9.1 mi
- Jollyville Plateau: 1.8 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Cat Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 8.6 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 8.8 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 8.9 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 9.1 mi
- Eanes History Center: 9.1 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 7.0 mi
- Texas paintball: 7.4 mi
- Lake Austin: 8.8 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 9.1 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 9.3 mi
- Small Falls: 2.7 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 5.9 mi
- Link Falls: 5.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.2 mi
- Queen's Bath: 4.6 mi
- Seiders Spring: 10.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 10.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 11.1 mi
- Eliza Spring: 11.3 mi
- Seismic Wall: 11.7 mi
- Fern Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Eagle Bluffs: 17.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.2 mi
- The Learning Tree: 12.8 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 13.9 mi
- Stone picnic table: 17.4 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Palm Valley: 18.0 mi
- New Sweden: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Comanche Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shovel Mountain | W 277° | 472 m | 22.4 mi |
| Shingle Hills | WSW 241° | 433 m | 14.4 mi |
| WildCat Mountain | NW 313° | 429 m | 22.2 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | SW 225° | 429 m | 22.6 mi |
| North Peak | NW 313° | 425 m | 22.9 mi |
| Tater Hill | NW 317° | 422 m | 19.5 mi |
| Boultinghouse Mountain | NW 312° | 418 m | 16.9 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | SW 219° | 406 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:59 | 17:36 |
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 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin Great Hills, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356731861
Day trips start here
- Austin · 12 mi
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