Creuzbaur's Battery, C.S.A. - "The Big Guns of Fayette"
Creuzbaur's Battery, C.S.A. - "The Big Guns of Fayette" is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Obar Hill stands 181 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Schulenburg Historical Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 13 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1965
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
119 named places within 25 miles
- High Hill Cemetery: 1.1 mi
- Lyons Family Cemetery: 2.3 mi
- Carl T. Morene: A Shorthorn Forever: 2.4 mi
- Col. William F. Upton: 2.4 mi
- Schulenburg City Cemetery: 2.4 mi
- Schulenburg Sports Complex: 3.0 mi
- Wolters Park: 3.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Baseball Park: 8.6 mi
- Hill Memorial Park: 9.9 mi
- Garbade Park: 10.1 mi
- Schulenburg Historical Museum: 0.4 mi
- The Heritage Society Museum of Weimar: 9.4 mi
- E. A. Arnim Archives and Museum: 11.0 mi
- Flatonia Rail Museum: 11.0 mi
- N W Faison Home and Museum: 12.9 mi
- Black Jack Springs: 7.9 mi
- Praha: 9.0 mi
- Oakland: 10.0 mi
- Hackberry: 10.1 mi
- Osage: 12.9 mi
- Monument Hill: 11.8 mi
- Obar Hill: 11.9 mi
- Russell Hill: 14.8 mi
- Frederick Mound: 16.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 17.2 mi
- Colorado County Westbound Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Colorado County Eastbound Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Creuzbaur's Battery, C.S.A. - "The Big Guns of Fayette". Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obar Hill | WSW 253° | 181 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hellers Hill | NNE 21° | 168 m | 23.1 mi |
| Russell Hill | WSW 248° | 154 m | 14.8 mi |
| Frederick Mound | WSW 238° | 154 m | 16.5 mi |
| Monument Hill | NNE 12° | 138 m | 11.8 mi |
| Rocky Hill | ENE 62° | 137 m | 19.5 mi |
| Live Oak Hill | ENE 59° | 125 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pin Oak Mound | WSW 242° | 107 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:57 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
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 | 51 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flatonia 4SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403586746
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