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Deep Eddy Pool

Deep Eddy Pool, seen from above at true elevation

Deep Eddy Pool is a spring in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 139 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Eilers Neighborhood Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
139 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.27654, -97.77328

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Peaks: 43
Attractions: 19
  • Rock Wall At Zilker: 0.7 mi
  • Barton Springs Pool: 0.9 mi
  • Lake Austin: 1.8 mi
  • Statesman Bat Observation Center: 2.0 mi
  • South Congress Bat Colony: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Lower Bull Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Eliza Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Shady Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Queen's Bath: 13.6 mi
  • Kirby Spring: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 2.7 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 5.0 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 17.2 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 4.8 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 6.5 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 6.9 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 13.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Deep Eddy Pool. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 275°433 m18.8 mi
Gainor MountainWSW 251°429 m23.2 mi
Peach MountainWSW 245°429 m24.9 mi
Lone Woman MountainSW 235°423 m24.3 mi
Lone Man MountainSW 234°416 m23.3 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 252°406 m19.0 mi
Travis PeakNW 319°382 m23.5 mi
Round MountainNNW 330°366 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:3120:0120:37
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2416:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525663707783868781726154
Precip in2.61.92.92.45.03.72.02.73.53.92.92.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin-camp Mabry, 3 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Oct–Jan, May–Jul — fullest in Nov, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs38.131.334.820.052.736.439.812.814.343.175.336.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Barton Ck abv Barton Spgs at Austin, TX, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Texas Spiny Lizard946 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle926 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel766 obs
  • Turk's cap724 obs
  • Pond Slider705 obs
  • Green Anole685 obs
  • Heavenly bamboo639 obs
  • Egyptian Goose575 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/206160759

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