Rock Island
Rock Island is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Green Mountain stands 86 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Early Texas River Steamers, a historic site 4.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
human settlement in Washington County, Texas, United States of America
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 16.0 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Early Texas River Steamers: 4.1 mi
- Francis Jarvis Cooke: 4.5 mi
- Old Salem Cemetery: 4.6 mi
- Union Army P.O.W. Cemetery: 5.3 mi
- Camp Felder: 5.6 mi
- Waller County Fairgrounds: 10.5 mi
- Holland and Gaines Memorial Student Park: 12.0 mi
- Student Park: 12.3 mi
- Camp Allen: 12.7 mi
- Linda Anderson Park: 13.1 mi
- Liendo Plantation, 1853: 10.0 mi
- Liendo Plantation, 1853: 10.0 mi
- The La Bahia Pecan: 10.3 mi
- Pickard High School: 13.3 mi
- The Brachiator: 20.1 mi
- Chappell Hill Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
- Star of the Republic Museum: 9.9 mi
- Star of the Republic Museum: 11.1 mi
- Giddings-Wilkin House Museum: 13.5 mi
- Brenham Heritage Museum: 13.7 mi
- Washington-on-the-Brazos: 9.9 mi
- Independence: 14.4 mi
- Dinkins: 16.7 mi
- Dallam: 16.8 mi
- Enright: 23.8 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 12.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 20.8 mi
- Mustang Statue: 24.0 mi
- Michael Mansfield Owsley Serenity Garden: 13.9 mi
- Bamboo Texas Bamboo Growers: 23.9 mi
- Bamboo Texas Display Garden: 23.9 mi
- Hockley Mound: 21.4 mi
- Green Mountain: 22.9 mi
- Hidalgo Bluffs: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain | WNW 294° | 86 m | 22.9 mi |
| Hockley Mound | SE 129° | 74 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:05 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 19:55 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:51 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:53 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington SP, 10 mi away.
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