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Eliza Spring

Eliza Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Eliza Spring is a spring in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Shingle Hills stands 433 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrew Jackson Zilker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.3 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.26429, -97.77012

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 55
Gardens: 51
Peaks: 42
Attractions: 19
Waterfalls: 10
  • Twin Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Sculpture Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Hill of Life Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 6.1 mi
Springs: 7
  • Deep Eddy Pool: 0.9 mi
  • Seiders Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Shady Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Queen's Bath: 14.5 mi
  • Kirby Spring: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
  • Seismic Wall: 2.2 mi
  • Bird Bluff: 4.5 mi
  • Fern Bluff: 18.0 mi
  • Chalk Bluff: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Covered Picnic Tables: 4.0 mi
  • Stone picnic table: 6.1 mi
  • The Learning Tree: 6.1 mi
  • Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 14.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shingle HillsW 278°433 m19.1 mi
Gainor MountainWSW 253°429 m23.1 mi
Peach MountainWSW 247°429 m24.8 mi
Lone Woman MountainWSW 237°423 m24.0 mi
Lone Man MountainSW 236°416 m23.0 mi
Wallace MountainWSW 254°406 m18.9 mi
Travis PeakNW 320°382 m24.2 mi
Chalk KnobW 278°364 m13.4 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: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485360677481848478685951

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin 6S, 4 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.

  • Great-tailed Grackle1,286 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard1,015 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel929 obs
  • Turk's cap819 obs
  • Pond Slider773 obs
  • Green Anole767 obs
  • Heavenly bamboo681 obs
  • Egyptian Goose600 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4799398766

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