Early Settlers' Home
Early Settlers' Home is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Devils Hill stands 466 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is The Faust Hotel, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas.
Dates from 1850.
Wikidata Q110025273, matched on coordinates and name (8 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1972
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 8.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wetland Wonders · 15 mi
- Sinkholes · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Market Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Main Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Lindheimer Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Prince Solms Park: 0.4 mi
- Hinman Island Park: 0.5 mi
- The Faust Hotel: 0.0 mi
- Old Carl W. Groos Home: 0.0 mi
- The German Protestant Church: 0.1 mi
- Old Krause Building: 0.1 mi
- Stephen Klein House: 0.1 mi
- New Braunfels Fire Museum: 0.2 mi
- New Braunfels Railroad Museum: 0.3 mi
- Sophienburg Museum & Archives: 0.3 mi
- McKenna Children's Museum: 0.6 mi
- Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture: 1.4 mi
- Mission Hill: 2.7 mi
- Nail Hill: 7.4 mi
- Bading Hill: 7.9 mi
- Harborth Hill: 8.6 mi
- Coal Kiln Hill: 11.0 mi
- City of a Prince: 0.2 mi
- Rose of Lima: 0.9 mi
- Buc-ee's Beaver: 3.1 mi
- Steelmaker: 10.3 mi
- World's Largest Pecan: 10.5 mi
- Comal Springs: 1.2 mi
- Bear Springs: 9.3 mi
- Devine Spring: 16.4 mi
- Walnut Spring: 16.7 mi
- Cherry Spring: 16.7 mi
- Ron Pedde Memorial Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Guadalupe County Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 13.0 mi
- Water Garden Gems: 14.3 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 17.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 13.2 mi
- Natural Bridge Mining Company: 13.2 mi
- Bracken Cave: 13.9 mi
- Grandmother's tree: 15.1 mi
- Learning Tree: 15.2 mi
- James C. Curry Nature Center: 11.0 mi
- Menoo Woods: 12.7 mi
- San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center: 13.0 mi
- Bracken Cave Preserve: 13.4 mi
- Purgatory Creek Greenspace: 14.8 mi
- Fratt: 20.8 mi
- Concrete: 22.2 mi
- Adkins: 22.4 mi
- Carpenter: 22.7 mi
- Honey Creek: 23.8 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 11.6 mi
- Purgatory Creek Overlook: 14.6 mi
- Guadalupe County Westbound Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Guadalupe County Eastbound Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- The Picnic Place: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Early Settlers' Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Hill | WNW 291° | 466 m | 20.8 mi |
| Big Head Mountain | NNW 328° | 450 m | 22.7 mi |
| Startz Hill | NW 309° | 428 m | 13.2 mi |
| Vogels Peak | W 277° | 414 m | 17.0 mi |
| Kuhn Hill | NNW 334° | 405 m | 20.8 mi |
| Tower Hill | N 356° | 404 m | 16.5 mi |
| Moon Mountain | N 354° | 374 m | 17.4 mi |
| Classen Hill | W 261° | 374 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:13 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:33 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 17:02 | 17:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Braunfels, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9875996859
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