Bell Prairie
Bell Prairie is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Crib, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1989
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Roseland Park: 1.5 mi
- Pelly Park: 2.4 mi
- Frank Murdock Park: 2.4 mi
- Baytown LIttle League Park: 2.7 mi
- Duke Hill Park: 3.0 mi
- The Crib: 0.6 mi
- Ashbel Smith, M. D.: 1.2 mi
- Baytown Mexican School: 1.8 mi
- Goose Creek School Community No. 9: 2.4 mi
- City of Pelly: 2.6 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 12.5 mi
- Healing Nature: 23.8 mi
- Orbit II: 23.8 mi
- Albertus Magnus: 23.8 mi
- Round About: 23.9 mi
- Baytown Historical Museum: 2.9 mi
- Barbers Hill-Mont Belvieu Museum: 11.8 mi
- Bay Area Museum: 11.9 mi
- Space Center Houston: 13.9 mi
- Vietnam War Flight Museum: 15.3 mi
- Crystal Bay Butterfly Garden: 7.5 mi
- Watersmart Garden: 10.6 mi
- Genoa Friendship Gardens: 15.0 mi
- Herman Brown Park Community Garden and Fruit Orchard: 19.1 mi
- Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden: 19.5 mi
- Ingenia Polymers Houston: 12.6 mi
- Falcon 9 Rocket: 13.8 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 13.8 mi
- Shuttle Independence: 13.8 mi
- NASA 900: 13.9 mi
- Armand Bayou Nature Center: 10.9 mi
- Native Coastal Prairie Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Trinity River Island Recreation Area: 14.8 mi
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge: 16.3 mi
- Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge: 17.3 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 2.8 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 4.6 mi
- Barbers Hill: 10.7 mi
- Cedar Hill: 18.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Needle Point: 7.8 mi
- Chambers County Eastbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Chambers County Westbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Bolivar Beach: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bell Prairie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | NNE 14° | 25 m | 10.7 mi |
| Cedar Hill | NE 48° | 6 m | 18.1 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | WNW 282° | 3 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | SSE 166° | 0 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:49 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:50 | 17:26 |
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 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 71 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baytown, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403587943
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