Colonel Nathaniel Benton
Colonel Nathaniel Benton is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Comanche Lookout stands 315 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fiedler Memorial Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Independence Trail
- 11.1 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wetland Wonders · 21 mi
- Sinkholes · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alumni Park: 0.1 mi
- Park West: 0.3 mi
- Jackson Park: 0.5 mi
- Sebastopol House Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- Veteran’s Park: 0.6 mi
- Texas Lutheran College: 0.4 mi
- Sebastopol: 0.5 mi
- Juan Seguin School: 0.5 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Hugo and Georgia Gibson House: 0.6 mi
- Fiedler Memorial Museum: 0.1 mi
- Sebastopol House: 0.5 mi
- Heritage Museum: 1.0 mi
- Los Nogales Museum: 1.1 mi
- Pape Pecan House / Nutcracker Museum: 2.6 mi
- Kings Hill: 9.2 mi
- Harborth Hill: 9.5 mi
- Mill Creek Hills: 10.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 12.0 mi
- Capote Knob: 12.6 mi
- Martin Luther Statue: 0.1 mi
- Antique Road Grader: 2.1 mi
- Steelmaker: 2.7 mi
- World's Largest Pecan: 4.0 mi
- Buc-ee's Beaver: 12.2 mi
- Menoo Woods: 17.6 mi
- San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center: 18.5 mi
- Purgatory Creek Greenspace: 21.0 mi
- Meadows Center for Water and the Environment: 22.4 mi
- Schulle Canyon Natural Area: 22.4 mi
- Concrete: 15.0 mi
- Albuquerque: 17.5 mi
- Carpenter: 18.1 mi
- Doseido Colony: 19.6 mi
- Adkins: 19.8 mi
- Learning Tree: 20.9 mi
- Grandmother's tree: 21.5 mi
- Spring Lake Glass-Bottom Boat Tour: 22.4 mi
- Labyrinth: 23.0 mi
- Natural Bridge Mining Company: 23.3 mi
- Comal Springs: 13.6 mi
- Denning Spring: 14.1 mi
- Suphur Spring: 20.6 mi
- Bear Springs: 21.7 mi
- Weismuller Spring: 22.1 mi
- Water Garden Gems: 13.2 mi
- Ron Pedde Memorial Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Guadalupe County Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 18.6 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 24.0 mi
- Purgatory Creek Overlook: 21.1 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 23.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.4 mi
- Guadalupe County Westbound Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Guadalupe County Eastbound Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- The Picnic Place: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Colonel Nathaniel Benton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Lookout | W 272° | 315 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mission Hill | NW 312° | 292 m | 14.8 mi |
| Coal Kiln Hill | N 352° | 281 m | 18.5 mi |
| Trunk Hill | N 354° | 263 m | 18.3 mi |
| Rocky Point | SW 217° | 237 m | 24.2 mi |
| Kings Hill | SSE 161° | 228 m | 9.2 mi |
| Calf Hill | WSW 248° | 227 m | 23.6 mi |
| Nail Hill | NNW 347° | 215 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:12 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:33 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 17:02 | 17:38 |
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 | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 80 | 71 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin SAN Antonio, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13971383681
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