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Friday Mountain

Friday Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates30.15145, -97.95960

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Artworks
Gardens: 49
Peaks: 46
  • 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
Museums: 43
Attractions: 24
  • 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
Springs: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • 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
Cliffs: 9
  • 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
Picnic sites: 4
  • 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
Ghost towns: 3

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SharpWSW 257°463 m15.5 mi
Jack MountainWSW 254°451 m13.0 mi
Big Head MountainWSW 242°450 m24.6 mi
Roundtree MountainW 266°449 m13.6 mi
Shingle HillsNW 324°433 m12.8 mi
Gainor MountainW 276°429 m10.9 mi
Peach MountainW 260°429 m11.6 mi
Lone Woman MountainWSW 239°423 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1219:44
June solstice06:3220:0220:37
September equinox07:2118:5819:30
December solstice07:2517:0017:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687581838477695851
Precip in2.62.12.92.64.33.72.12.13.64.02.92.7

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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