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Beseler Family

Beseler Family from directly overhead

Beseler Family is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 426 m. Turkey Knob stands 623 m to the southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Welfare, a ghost town 0.9 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 21 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1996
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.90921, -98.78653

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Ring Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Cedar Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Sabinas Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Cannon Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Jungfrau Hill: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • James Kiehl River Bend Park: 5.2 mi
  • Boerne City Lake Park: 5.8 mi
  • Northrup Park: 7.4 mi
  • Sisterdale Valley District: 7.9 mi
  • Kreutzberg Canyon Natural Area: 8.5 mi
Springs: 17
  • Comanche Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Champee Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Wenzel Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Bear Springs: 12.6 mi
  • Fitch Spring: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Attractions: 10
  • Cascade Caverns: 11.9 mi
  • Lukenbach General Store and Post Office: 18.7 mi
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 22.6 mi
  • The Cross at Kerrville: 22.7 mi
  • Hoffmann Hayfield: 23.6 mi
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 3
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • SR 173 Roadside Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Beseler Family. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey KnobSW 235°623 m9.0 mi
Big HillN 355°612 m13.5 mi
Round TopW 260°611 m16.6 mi
Broad MountainNW 314°596 m11.6 mi
State MountainWSW 253°594 m15.2 mi
Sunset MountainWSW 254°592 m17.7 mi
WolkenburgWNW 298°589 m12.4 mi
No Name HillsNNW 340°589 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1519:47
June solstice06:3620:0520:40
September equinox07:2419:0219:33
December solstice07:2717:0417:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360667379828277685850
Precip in2.32.22.82.55.33.82.82.83.93.92.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boerne, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12438058181

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