Mt. Gainer

Mt. Gainer: 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 Mt. Gainer

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 Mt. Gainer — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.14358, -98.13693. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mt. Gainer

• Home of Dr. Joseph M. Pound · museum · Hays · ~10 km · Must-see
• Jacob's Well · cave · Hays · ~15 km · Must-see
• Radha Madhav Dham · temple · Hays · ~22 km · Must-see
• Heart of Texas Wildlife Trail · sanctuary · Hays · ~26 km · Must-see
• Hamilton Pool · waterfall · Travis · ~28 km · Must-see
• Austin Zoo · sanctuary · Travis · ~29 km · Must-see
• Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center · sanctuary · Travis · ~32 km · Must-see
• Blanco State Park · sanctuary · Blanco · ~36 km · Must-see
• Canyon Lake · lake · Comal · ~39 km · Must-see
• Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge · lake · Comal · ~40 km · Must-see
• Barton Creek Greenbelt Waterfall · waterfall · Travis · ~43 km · Must-see
• Spring Lake · lake · Hays · ~43 km · Must-see
• Meadows Center for Water and the Environment · sanctuary · Hays · ~43 km · Must-see
• Airmen's Cave · cave · Travis · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lake Austin · lake · Travis · ~44 km · Must-see
• Mansfield Dam · lake · Travis · ~44 km · Must-see
• Wild Basin II Waterfall · waterfall · Travis · ~45 km · Must-see
• Emma Long Metropolitan Park · park · Travis · ~45 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Mt. Gainer

Other forts & heritage near Mt. Gainer

• Barton Springs Pool · fort · Travis · ~47 km · Must-see
• Texas African American History Memorial · fort · Travis · ~51 km · Must-see
• Volunteer Firemen Memorial · fort · Travis · ~51 km · Must-see
• Tejano Monument · fort · Travis · ~51 km · Must-see
• Texas Pioneer Woman Monument · fort · Travis · ~51 km · Must-see
• Texas World War II Memorial · fort · Travis · ~51 km · Must-see
• Copy of Statue Of Liberty · fort · Travis · ~51 km · Must-see
• Fort Croghan Historical Site · fort · Burnet · ~86 km · Must-see
• Fort Martin Scott · fort · Gillespie · ~86 km · Must-see
• Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Memorial · fort · Williamson · ~88 km · Must-see

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