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Alligator

Alligator from directly overhead

Alligator is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Damon Mound stands 44 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 3.5 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates29.56100, -95.64086

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sugar Land Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Avalon at Telfair Park: 0.7 mi
  • First Colony Park: 2.3 mi
  • Colony Bend Park: 2.3 mi
  • Mesquite Park: 2.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • The Gardens at Parkway: 3.1 mi
  • Preston Street Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Texas Interfaith Peace Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Commuinty Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Westbury Community Garden: 10.3 mi
Museums: 48
Attractions: 29
  • MTB Feature: 2.8 mi
  • Rail Car and Longhorn Pens: 4.9 mi
  • Line Camp: 4.9 mi
  • 1890s Davis Victorian Complex: 5.1 mi
  • Oldenburg Blacksmith: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 13
Peaks: 8
  • Oak Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Seabourne Creek Park Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Huntington Mound: 14.9 mi
  • Nash Dome: 17.7 mi
  • Damon Mound: 19.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Riordan's Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Beauchamp Spring: 22.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Cinco Ranch Beach Club: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Damon MoundSSW 199°44 m19.7 mi
Pool HillWNW 295°40 m20.2 mi
Huntington MoundWNW 289°35 m14.9 mi
Oak HillNW 317°29 m9.8 mi
Elm RidgeSW 235°28 m24.5 mi
Peach BreakWSW 237°27 m23.6 mi
Nash DomeS 182°17 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0319:34
June solstice06:2419:5220:26
September equinox07:1218:4919:21
December solstice07:1416:5317:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545864707783858581736355
Precip in3.93.03.63.64.35.73.85.05.35.24.43.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sugar Land, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9841973913

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