Orion's Belt
Orion's Belt is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Big Hill stands 1 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Guaranty Title Company, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 5.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stainless_steel
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Guaranty Title Company: 0.2 mi
- Artesian Park & Sulphur Well: 0.2 mi
- Mother Margaret Mary Healy Murphy: 0.2 mi
- Nueces County: 0.2 mi
- Nueces County Courthouse of 1914: 0.2 mi
- Sisters City Park: 0.2 mi
- Artesian Park: 0.2 mi
- Bayside Park: 0.2 mi
- Norma Urban Park: 0.4 mi
- La Retama Park: 0.4 mi
- Tejano Civil Rights Museum: 0.4 mi
- Museum Of Hispanic Culture: 0.5 mi
- Texas Surf Museum: 0.5 mi
- Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures: 0.6 mi
- Art Museum of South Texas: 0.6 mi
- Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge: 7.4 mi
- Redhead Pond Wildlife Management Area: 12.9 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Pollywog Pond Bird & Wildlife Sanctuary: 14.1 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 14.6 mi
- Corpus Christi North Beach: 1.7 mi
- University Beach: 7.4 mi
- New Port Pass: 16.7 mi
- J P Luby: 17.0 mi
- Holiday Beach: 20.2 mi
- Selena Memorial Statue: 0.3 mi
- Corpus Christi Watergarden: 0.6 mi
- Giant milk bottle: 1.8 mi
- The Great Heron: 9.9 mi
- American Bank Center: 0.4 mi
- Fan Pavillion: 1.0 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 20.0 mi
- Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 0.4 mi
- The Learning Garden: 2.7 mi
- South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center: 10.1 mi
- Fourmile Hill: 18.5 mi
- Big Hill: 22.2 mi
- Little Dagger Hill: 24.0 mi
- McGloins Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Orion's Belt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill | SSE 165° | 1 m | 22.2 mi |
| Little Dagger Hill | SSE 169° | 1 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 19:55 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 17:05 | 17:40 |
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 | 61 | 66 | 72 | 78 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 75 | 66 | 59 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corpus Christi NWS, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6531348751
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