Friday Mountain
Friday Mountain rises to 325 m in Texas. Mount Sharp stands 463 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Whisky Vault, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Texas, United States of America
Wikidata Q31700682, 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
- 25.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sinkholes · 19 mi
- Wetland Wonders · 19 mi
- Sunset Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Bear Creek Management Unit: 3.0 mi
- Mary Gay Maxwell Management Unit: 5.1 mi
- Lost Oasis Cave Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Shady Hollow West Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Bear Creek Management Unit: 5.4 mi
- Belterra Recreation Center: 3.1 mi
- Avaña Park: 3.2 mi
- GreyRock Park: 4.2 mi
- Aden Lane Pocket Park: 4.4 mi
- Hielscher Tract Greenbelt: 4.6 mi
- Camp Ben McCulloch No. 946, United Confederate Veterans: 3.5 mi
- Driftwood Church: 4.7 mi
- Driftwood Cemetery: 4.7 mi
- Education in Manchaca: 7.6 mi
- Manchaca United Methodist Church: 7.6 mi
- Cathedral of Junk: 12.1 mi
- Good Luck Statue: 13.3 mi
- Sculpture of Brazilian Carnaval Feather Costume: 13.8 mi
- Greetings from Austin mural: 13.9 mi
- Abundance: 14.1 mi
- Cherry Creek Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Forest Trail Garden: 12.3 mi
- Interpretive Garden: 12.9 mi
- Demonstration Gardens: 12.9 mi
- Ted Paulissen Memorial Garden: 13.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.7 mi
- Carpenter Hills: 5.7 mi
- Wallace Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Barton Hill: 7.5 mi
- Davis Hill: 7.8 mi
- Pound House Historical Farmstead: 8.0 mi
- Kyle Railroad Depot and Heritage Center: 12.3 mi
- Eanes History Center: 12.6 mi
- Nature Center: 12.9 mi
- TexPop ATX: 13.5 mi
- The Whisky Vault: 0.5 mi
- Frate Barker Path: 6.0 mi
- Bear Creek Stables: 7.1 mi
- Jackson Tyler Norris Memorial Skate Park: 8.6 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 13.6 mi
- Kirby Spring: 6.2 mi
- Jacob's Well: 12.8 mi
- Blue Hole: 12.8 mi
- Bell Spring: 13.2 mi
- Eliza Spring: 13.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 11.0 mi
- Sculpture Falls: 11.1 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 11.3 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 14.2 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 14.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Seismic Wall: 11.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Purgatory Creek Overlook: 19.1 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 24.0 mi
- The Learning Tree: 7.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 10.5 mi
- Stone picnic table: 14.6 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Goforth: 13.4 mi
- Polonia: 20.7 mi
- Lytton Springs: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Friday Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sharp | WSW 257° | 463 m | 15.5 mi |
| Jack Mountain | WSW 254° | 451 m | 13.0 mi |
| Big Head Mountain | WSW 242° | 450 m | 24.6 mi |
| Roundtree Mountain | W 266° | 449 m | 13.6 mi |
| Shingle Hills | NW 324° | 433 m | 12.8 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | W 276° | 429 m | 10.9 mi |
| Peach Mountain | W 260° | 429 m | 11.6 mi |
| Lone Woman Mountain | WSW 239° | 423 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:12 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| 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 1336214 — Friday Mountain, Hays County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356706053
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- Austin · 15 mi
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