- Elevation, modelled
- 260 m
- Tallest summit within 24.2 miles
- Hill in Kendall County563 m · 22.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Hill Country Trail0.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 29.8056, -98.2222
Bear Springs is a spring in Texas, at a modelled 260 m. Hill in Kendall County stands 563 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Vintage Oaks Walking Trail, a park 3.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.4 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Bear Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill in Kendall County | NW 310° | 563 m | 22.9 mi |
| Twin Sisters | NW 312° | 537 m | 18.1 mi |
| Devils Hill | W 271° | 466 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Sharp | N 2° | 463 m | 20.4 mi |
| High Hill | WSW 248° | 456 m | 21.8 mi |
| Jack Mountain | N 9° | 451 m | 20.5 mi |
| Leon Hill | WSW 245° | 451 m | 22.5 mi |
| Big Head Mountain | NNW 334° | 450 m | 13.5 mi |
- 0.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 16.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wetland Wonders · 16 mi
- Sinkholes · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vintage Oaks Walking Trail: 3.1 mi
- Allen Park: 4.5 mi
- Pocket Park: 6.4 mi
- Oak Run POA: 6.7 mi
- Mission Hill Park: 7.2 mi
- Sattler: 4.0 mi
- Startzville Community: 4.0 mi
- German Pioneers in Texas: 4.1 mi
- Original Site of Mountain Valley School: 4.2 mi
- New Braunfels Schuetzen Verein: 4.2 mi
- Startz Hill: 4.4 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Mission Hill: 7.2 mi
- Tower Hill: 10.4 mi
- Moon Mountain: 11.0 mi
- New Braunfels Railroad Museum: 9.2 mi
- New Braunfels Fire Museum: 9.3 mi
- McKenna Children's Museum: 9.4 mi
- Sophienburg Museum & Archives: 9.5 mi
- New Braunfels Conservation Society: 10.1 mi
- Rose of Lima: 8.6 mi
- City of a Prince: 9.2 mi
- Buc-ee's Beaver: 10.2 mi
- Buc-ee's Beaver: 10.2 mi
- Oh for a Muse of Fire: 17.7 mi
- James C. Curry Nature Center: 3.4 mi
- Bracken Cave Preserve: 11.2 mi
- San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center: 15.0 mi
- Purgatory Creek Greenspace: 15.5 mi
- Menoo Woods: 16.4 mi
- Comal Springs: 8.2 mi
- Rebecca Springs: 12.2 mi
- Cherry Spring: 13.6 mi
- Walnut Spring: 13.8 mi
- Devine Spring: 13.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Natural Bridge Mining Company: 10.7 mi
- Bracken Cave: 11.3 mi
- Labyrinth: 15.2 mi
- Grandmother's tree: 15.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 14.9 mi
- Kinder Ranch Elementary Garden: 15.1 mi
- Ron Pedde Memorial Community Garden: 15.8 mi
- Guadalupe County Community Garden: 16.7 mi
- Interpretive Garden: 16.9 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 4.0 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 4.1 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 4.1 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 4.5 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 4.6 mi
- Honey Creek: 16.7 mi
- Fratt: 22.5 mi
- Coker: 23.5 mi
- Currey's Creek: 24.7 mi
- The Picnic Place: 21.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:13 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 17:03 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyon DAM, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 351 | 345 | 422 | 453 | 435 | 634 | 608 | 471 | 332 | 273 | 369 | 354 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Guadalupe Rv at Sattler, TX, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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