Blue Bell Creameries
Blue Bell Creameries is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Homeyer Mountain stands 139 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Camptown Cemetery, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
The story
Ice cream parlor located at the Blue Bell Creameries factory in Brenham, Texas.
Wikidata Q112198569, matched on coordinates and name (36 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2007
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 24.0 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
124 named places within 25 miles
- Camptown Cemetery: 0.6 mi
- Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church: 0.7 mi
- Milroy's Garden and Orchard: 0.8 mi
- Brenham Fire Department: 0.8 mi
- Evangelical Lutheran Colleges of Texas: 0.9 mi
- Toubin Park: 1.2 mi
- Henderson Park: 1.4 mi
- Fireman's Park: 1.5 mi
- Linda Anderson Park: 1.5 mi
- Jackson Street Park: 1.6 mi
- Brenham Heritage Museum: 1.1 mi
- Giddings-Wilkin House Museum: 1.1 mi
- Chappell Hill Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Star of the Republic Museum: 14.7 mi
- Somerville Historical Museum: 20.3 mi
- Independence: 11.0 mi
- Rock Island: 12.7 mi
- Washington-on-the-Brazos: 17.5 mi
- Dallam: 20.3 mi
- Pisek: 20.9 mi
- Green Mountain: 13.4 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Homeyer Mountain: 17.3 mi
- Red Hill: 24.4 mi
- Pickard High School: 0.7 mi
- The La Bahia Pecan: 17.6 mi
- Liendo Plantation, 1853: 21.4 mi
- Hidalgo Bluffs: 16.1 mi
- White Bluffs: 17.4 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Bell Creameries. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeyer Mountain | W 270° | 139 m | 17.3 mi |
| Shepherd Mountain | WNW 302° | 129 m | 14.3 mi |
| Red Hill | SSE 167° | 94 m | 24.4 mi |
| Green Mountain | NW 322° | 86 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 19:56 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:54 | 17:30 |
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 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brenham, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12454133868
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