Historic site · Texas

Ed Bell

Ed Bell from directly overhead

Ed Bell is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Old Red Bluff stands 5 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Indianola, a ghost town 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 12 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2012
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.51121, -96.48789

11.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Parks18

Bayou View Park: 6.3 mi
Navigation Park: 6.4 mi
Bayou Bend Park: 6.5 mi
Central Park: 6.6 mi
George Adams Park: 10.8 mi

Ghost towns2

Indianola: 0.1 mi
Linnville: 13.2 mi

Nature reserves2

Beaches2

King Fisher Beach: 6.5 mi
Lighthouse Beach: 11.6 mi

Museums2

Calhoun County Museum: 10.9 mi
Calhoun County Museum: 10.9 mi

Peaks2

Pepper Hill: 24.5 mi
Old Red Bluff: 24.8 mi

Artworks1

Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle: 1.7 mi

Cliffs1

Red Bluff: 24.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Old Red Bluff	NNW 345°	5 m	24.8 mi
Pepper Hill	NE 51°	3 m	24.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:31	19:07	19:38
June solstice	06:30	19:53	20:27
September equinox	07:15	18:53	19:24
December solstice	07:15	16:59	17:35

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	56	59	65	71	77	82	84	85	82	76	65	59

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port O'connor, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/6259154851

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