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Centenary College and St. Dominic's Villa

Centenary College and St. Dominic's Villa from directly overhead

Centenary College and St. Dominic's Villa is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 335 m. Bread Tray Mountain stands 504 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Turner Field Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1969
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.08542, -98.18745

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Cedar Top Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Flat Top Peak: 5.5 mi
  • Carter Mountains: 5.5 mi
  • Boys Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Twin Mountains: 8.0 mi
Parks: 46
  • Turner Field Park: 0.8 mi
  • Indian Trails Nature Area: 1.1 mi
  • Campbell Park/Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Cooper Springs Nature Park: 1.3 mi
  • College Street Park: 1.7 mi
Springs: 13
  • Gooch Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Adams Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Persimmon Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Trough Spring: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 6
  • Lampasas County Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Lampasas County Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Burnet County Historical Jail: 22.7 mi
  • Fort Croghan Museum: 22.8 mi
  • Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • World's Largest Spur: 2.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Centenary College and St. Dominic's Villa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bread Tray MountainNW 322°504 m24.0 mi
Messanger MountainWNW 294°502 m12.5 mi
Knight MountainWNW 296°501 m10.5 mi
Long MountainSW 216°490 m15.5 mi
Payne MountainNNW 336°490 m21.2 mi
Twin Sister PeaksWNW 286°485 m10.9 mi
Lookout MountainSW 224°484 m14.4 mi
Potato HillSSW 195°484 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:45
June solstice06:3020:0520:40
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2816:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657381848478675748
Precip in2.22.23.02.54.63.51.92.32.43.02.22.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lampasas, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12438068322

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