"Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" Tree Sculpture
"Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" Tree Sculpture is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Rattlesnake Mound stands 2 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Adoue Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
"Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" is one of the many tree sculptures carved after Hurricane Ike destroyed thousands of trees on the island. This sculpture is in honor of a grandmother. The Adoue family donated money to the adjacent playground.
What the record says
- Material
- wood
How to reach it
- On the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Adoue Park: 0.0 mi
- San Jacinto Park: 0.6 mi
- Lindale Park: 0.9 mi
- Saengerfest Park: 0.9 mi
- Lindale Little League Park: 0.9 mi
- Menard-Ganter House: 0.0 mi
- George Seeligson Home: 0.1 mi
- George Washington Chapter - DAR: 0.1 mi
- James S. Waters House: 0.1 mi
- Best-Lucas House: 0.1 mi
- Dolphin Tree Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- 1892 Bishop's Palace: 0.2 mi
- Elissa: 0.9 mi
- Shark Attack 5D Theatee: 1.3 mi
- Gulf Glider: 1.4 mi
- Porretto Beach: 0.5 mi
- Porretto Beach: 0.5 mi
- Stewart Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Stewart Beach: 0.7 mi
- East Beach: 1.8 mi
- Galveston Historic Seaport: 0.2 mi
- Galveston County Historical Museum: 0.6 mi
- Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum: 0.7 mi
- 1859 Saint Josephs Church Museum: 0.8 mi
- Texas Seaport Museum: 0.8 mi
- East End Lagoon Nature Perserve: 2.5 mi
- Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
- Lafitte's Cove Nature Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Dos Vacas Muertas Bird Sanctuary: 19.2 mi
- Gleaves T. James Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
- Harris Garden: 0.8 mi
- Oleander Garden Park: 1.1 mi
- Carol's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Galveston Garden Club: 1.8 mi
- Mary Moody Northern Ampitheater: 12.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 21.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Bolivar Point: 4.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of "Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" Tree Sculpture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mound | WSW 251° | 2 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:48 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:46 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:50 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 58 | 64 | 69 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 74 | 65 | 58 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galveston, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8239089063
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