Mount Lucas
Mount Lucas rises to 265 m in Texas. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridge Oak Reservoir Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.0 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31705582, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 265 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 23.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 28.2 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ridge Oak Reservoir Park: 0.2 mi
- Ridge Oak Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Bright Leaf Natural Area: 0.4 mi
- Covert Park at Mount Bonnell: 0.5 mi
- Perry Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
- Blue Blood: 1.0 mi
- Embrace Bewilderment: 3.3 mi
- Malin's Fountain: 3.4 mi
- Thicket: 3.4 mi
- Diana the Huntress: 3.4 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 0.5 mi
- Rainey House: 0.6 mi
- Laguna Gloria: 1.2 mi
- Adjutants General: 1.3 mi
- Texas in the Civil War - Federal Forces: 1.3 mi
- Nalle Bunny Run Wildlife Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Barrow Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Stillhouse Hollow Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 4.0 mi
- Mayfield Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 2.0 mi
- Our Lady's Prayer Garden: 2.9 mi
- Infant Jesus of Prague Garden: 2.9 mi
- University of Texas Microfarm: 3.0 mi
- Laguna Gloria Art Museum: 1.2 mi
- Texas Military Forces Museum: 1.3 mi
- Charles Moore House: 3.1 mi
- Elisabet Ney Museum: 3.2 mi
- Neill-Cochran House Museum: 3.2 mi
- Mount Barker: 0.3 mi
- Mount Bonnell: 0.6 mi
- Cat Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Larson: 1.8 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 1.3 mi
- Lake Austin: 2.1 mi
- Artificial Chimney: 3.3 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 4.0 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 4.1 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Link Falls: 3.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 3.5 mi
- Hill of Life Falls: 5.3 mi
- Seiders Spring: 2.2 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 3.7 mi
- Eliza Spring: 4.5 mi
- Shady Spring: 6.9 mi
- Queen's Bath: 10.3 mi
- New Sweden: 16.4 mi
- Palm Valley: 17.3 mi
- McDuff: 19.9 mi
- Goforth: 21.3 mi
- Lytton Springs: 24.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 6.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 8.3 mi
- The Learning Tree: 9.3 mi
- Stone picnic table: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Lucas. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shingle Hills | W 264° | 433 m | 18.8 mi |
| Gainor Mountain | WSW 243° | 429 m | 24.6 mi |
| Boultinghouse Mountain | NW 311° | 418 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 242° | 406 m | 20.4 mi |
| Negrohead | NW 313° | 405 m | 23.0 mi |
| Travis Peak | NW 313° | 382 m | 20.8 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | NW 326° | 366 m | 22.2 mi |
| Chalk Knob | WSW 259° | 364 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356751475
Day trips start here
- Austin · 5 mi
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