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Don Pedro Jaramillo

Don Pedro Jaramillo from directly overhead

Don Pedro Jaramillo is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Gyp Hill stands 47 m to the south, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Los Olmos, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1971
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates27.24997, -98.11916

74 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 15
  • Pleasant Park: 1.8 mi
  • Ovidio Arevalo Little League Baseball Fields: 1.9 mi
  • La Colonia Park: 1.9 mi
  • Falfurrias Park: 2.0 mi
  • Old Hospital Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Gyp Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Jensen Trap: 9.9 mi
  • Barroso Trap: 13.3 mi
  • Lucero Trap: 20.0 mi
  • Botella Trap: 23.2 mi
Museums: 5
  • Heritage Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Riviera Historical Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas: 20.2 mi
  • John E Conner Museum: 23.9 mi
  • 1904 Train Depot Museum: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Don Pedro Jaramillo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gyp HillS47 m6.9 mi
Jensen TrapNNE35 m9.9 mi
Barroso TrapS33 m13.3 mi
Lucero TrapS32 m20.0 mi
Alto de la CruzESE20 m24.6 mi
Botella TrapSSE16 m23.2 mi
Pinole TrapSSE16 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:44
June solstice06:3919:5720:31
September equinox07:2219:0019:30
December solstice07:1917:0917:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F566066737984858581736558
Precip in1.10.91.31.74.42.82.82.24.43.01.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falfurrias, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12395228021

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