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Boecker Cemetery

Boecker Cemetery from directly overhead

Boecker Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Comanche Lookout stands 315 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweet Home Vocational and Agricultural School, a historic site 3.9 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

cemetery in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117650821, matched on coordinates and name (82 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2010
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates29.51822, -98.04202

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jackson Park: 5.2 mi
  • Alumni Park: 5.2 mi
  • Veteran’s Park: 5.3 mi
  • Walnut Springs Tower Dog Park: 5.5 mi
  • Sebastopol House Historic Site: 5.5 mi
Museums: 29
Peaks: 16
  • Kings Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Harborth Hill: 13.8 mi
  • Capote Knob: 15.2 mi
  • Capote Hills: 15.3 mi
  • Mission Hill: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Artworks: 10
  • Steelmaker: 4.3 mi
  • Martin Luther Statue: 5.1 mi
  • Antique Road Grader: 7.1 mi
  • World's Largest Pecan: 8.8 mi
  • City of a Prince: 13.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Denning Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Comal Springs: 14.6 mi
  • Suphur Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Bear Springs: 22.6 mi
  • Devine Spring: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 7
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 2
  • Red Bluff: 18.5 mi
  • Purgatory Creek Overlook: 25.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boecker Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Comanche LookoutWNW 283°315 m20.1 mi
Mission HillNNW 332°292 m15.5 mi
Coal Kiln HillN 3°281 m22.0 mi
Theis HillW 281°277 m23.1 mi
Trunk HillN 5°263 m21.9 mi
Rocky PointSW 214°237 m19.0 mi
Kings HillSE 127°228 m8.3 mi
Calf HillWSW 254°227 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:44
June solstice06:3420:0120:36
September equinox07:2118:5919:30
December solstice07:2417:0317:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677480838378695852
Precip in2.31.92.72.53.63.63.02.43.53.22.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Braunfels, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12403617466

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