Alum Creek Cemetery
Alum Creek Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Buescher State Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
cemetery in Bastrop County, Texas, United States
Wikidata Q117581181, matched on coordinates and name (96 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2004
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Independence Trail
- 11.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Stephen Scallorn: 5.0 mi
- The CCC at Bastrop State Park: 5.1 mi
- Felipe Enrique Neri Baron de Bastrop: 5.1 mi
- Chancellor House: 5.1 mi
- Smithville: 5.1 mi
- Buescher State Park: 2.0 mi
- Bastrop State Park: 3.4 mi
- Keilburg Park: 4.6 mi
- Independence Park: 4.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Royston Hill: 5.6 mi
- Lotman Hill: 6.2 mi
- High Point: 9.9 mi
- Flag Hill: 16.1 mi
- Caldwell Knob: 16.3 mi
- Upton: 4.8 mi
- Oak Hill: 6.3 mi
- Yewpon: 6.6 mi
- Pin Oak: 7.6 mi
- Flower Hill: 8.6 mi
- Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum: 4.9 mi
- Museum of the Bastrop County Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Rockne Museum: 13.7 mi
- Texas Wendish Heritage Museum: 14.1 mi
- Lee County Museum: 18.5 mi
- Red Bluffs: 3.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Bastrop Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Memorial Grove: 11.8 mi
- CCC Water Fountain: 4.6 mi
- Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel Statue: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alum Creek Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yegua Benchmark | N 4° | 232 m | 19.2 mi |
| Bastrop County High Point | SW 225° | 226 m | 17.7 mi |
| Yegua Knobbs | N 4° | 225 m | 18.6 mi |
| Crouch Benchmark | SW 221° | 224 m | 21.5 mi |
| Flag Hill | SW 228° | 221 m | 16.1 mi |
| Lotman Hill | NNW 336° | 201 m | 6.2 mi |
| Caldwell Knob | WNW 292° | 177 m | 16.3 mi |
| Royston Hill | S 188° | 174 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:59 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13971439428
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