McDade

McDade: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit McDade

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach McDade — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.28564, -97.24723. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near McDade

• Lake Bastrop South Shore Park · lake · Bastrop · ~21 km · Must-see
• Bastrop State Park · park · Bastrop · ~24 km · Must-see
• McKinney Roughs Nature Park · sanctuary · Bastrop · ~32 km · Must-see
• Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary · sanctuary · Travis · ~42 km · Must-see
• Walter E Long Lake · lake · Travis · ~43 km · Must-see
• Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve · sanctuary · Travis · ~49 km · Must-see
• Pflugerville High School Marching Band Tower · lake · Travis · ~51 km · Must-see
• Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park · park · Travis · ~55 km · Must-see
• Rosewood Neighborhood Park · park · Travis · ~56 km · Must-see
• Longhorn Dam · lake · Travis · ~56 km · Must-see
• Southgate-Lewis House · museum · Travis · ~57 km · Must-see
• George Washington Carver Museum · museum · Travis · ~57 km · Must-see
• Elisabet Ney Museum · museum · Travis · ~58 km · Must-see
• KVET-AM (Austin) · attraction · Travis · ~58 km · Must-see
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum · museum · Travis · ~58 km · Must-see
• Granger Lake · lake · Williamson · ~58 km · Must-see
• Pilot Knob · viewpoint · Travis · ~58 km · Must-see
• French Legation State Historic Site · museum · Travis · ~58 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of McDade

Other forts & heritage near McDade

• Tejano Monument · fort · Travis · ~59 km · Must-see
• Texas Pioneer Woman Monument · fort · Travis · ~59 km · Must-see
• Copy of Statue Of Liberty · fort · Travis · ~59 km · Must-see
• Texas World War II Memorial · fort · Travis · ~59 km · Must-see
• Volunteer Firemen Memorial · fort · Travis · ~59 km · Must-see
• Texas African American History Memorial · fort · Travis · ~59 km · Must-see
• Barton Springs Pool · fort · Travis · ~63 km · Must-see
• Monument Hill · fort · Fayette · ~71 km · Must-see
• Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Memorial · fort · Williamson · ~71 km · Must-see
• Confederate Memorial Museum · fort · Colorado · ~117 km · Must-see

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