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City of Elgin Centennial, 1872-1972

City of Elgin Centennial, 1872-1972 from directly overhead

City of Elgin Centennial, 1872-1972 is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Rabbit Hill stands 293 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Elgin Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail runs past it. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

city in Bastrop and Travis counties in Texas, United States

Wikidata Q976529, matched on coordinates and name (932 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1972
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates30.35508, -97.37868

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Elgin Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Morris Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Thomas Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Shenandoah Soccer Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 49
  • Native Texas Plants Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Memorial Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Taylor Liberty Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Fort Dessau Community Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Bastrop Community Garden: 17.1 mi
Museums: 40
Nature reserves: 19
Peaks: 18
  • Yegua Benchmark: 11.2 mi
  • Yegua Knobbs: 11.2 mi
  • Bald Knob: 12.8 mi
  • Jaecks Hill: 14.3 mi
  • Clay Hill: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Abandoned zoo cage: 18.3 mi
  • CCC Water Fountain: 18.3 mi
  • Client Innovation Center: 20.3 mi
  • Austin Table Tennis Association: 20.6 mi
  • Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Lower McKinney Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Upper McKinney Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Link Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Middle Bull Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
Springs: 4
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 1
  • Stone picnic table: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of City of Elgin Centennial, 1872-1972. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rabbit HillNW 311°293 m24.2 mi
Martin HillWNW 290°284 m20.6 mi
Cat MountainW 270°283 m23.9 mi
Mount LarsonW 263°277 m24.9 mi
Mount LucasW 266°265 m23.6 mi
Rabbit HillNW 315°263 m23.8 mi
Mount BarkerW 265°257 m23.6 mi
Mount BonnellW 264°238 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:41
June solstice06:2920:0020:35
September equinox07:1918:5619:28
December solstice07:2316:5817:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505460687582848579705952
Precip in3.02.13.22.74.93.02.02.33.04.03.13.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin 1 N, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12395089063

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