Clear Creek Cemetery
Clear Creek Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Obar Hill stands 181 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakland, a ghost town 2.5 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 19 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
The story
Cemetery in Colorado County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q117493806, matched on coordinates and name (50 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2007
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 18.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
112 named places within 25 miles
- Oakland: 2.6 mi
- Oakland Normal School: 2.6 mi
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church: 3.0 mi
- Navidad Baptist Cemetery: 3.8 mi
- Weimar Masonic Cemetery: 4.7 mi
- Schulenburg Sports Complex: 5.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Baseball Park: 5.5 mi
- Hill Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
- Wolters Park: 5.8 mi
- Hallettsville City Park: 14.6 mi
- The Heritage Society Museum of Weimar: 5.4 mi
- Schulenburg Historical Museum: 8.0 mi
- Lavaca Historical Museum: 14.4 mi
- Flatonia Rail Museum: 17.4 mi
- E. A. Arnim Archives and Museum: 17.4 mi
- Live Oak Hill: 16.9 mi
- Monument Hill: 17.5 mi
- Obar Hill: 17.8 mi
- Rocky Hill: 18.4 mi
- Russell Hill: 20.0 mi
- Oakland: 2.5 mi
- Hackberry: 5.1 mi
- Osage: 9.6 mi
- Praha: 14.8 mi
- Black Jack Springs: 15.9 mi
- Colorado County Eastbound Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Colorado County Westbound Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clear Creek Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obar Hill | W 277° | 181 m | 17.8 mi |
| Russell Hill | W 270° | 154 m | 20.0 mi |
| Frederick Mound | W 261° | 154 m | 20.4 mi |
| Monument Hill | NNW 348° | 138 m | 17.5 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NE 36° | 137 m | 18.4 mi |
| Live Oak Hill | NNE 31° | 125 m | 16.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | NNW 347° | 101 m | 23.3 mi |
| Wilson Hill | E 81° | 71 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 19:56 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:54 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:57 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 82 | 74 | 64 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hallettsville 2 N, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12402964181
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