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Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the American Declaration of Independence

Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the American Declaration of Independence from directly overhead

Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the American Declaration of Independence is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Monument Hill stands 138 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is City of Columbus, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail passes 23 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1976
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

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Coordinates29.70528, -96.54189

22.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

City of Columbus: 0.0 mi
Abram Alley Log Cabin: 0.0 mi
Townsend-West House: 0.1 mi
Dilue Rose and Ira Albert Harris House: 0.1 mi
Dilue Rose Harris: 0.1 mi

Parks27

Columbus Garden Club Certified Butterfly Garden: 0.2 mi
Midtown Park Butterfly Garden: 0.3 mi
Beason's Crossing Park: 0.4 mi
Cardinal Park: 1.2 mi
Hill Memorial Park: 13.4 mi

Museums9

Alley Log Cabin and Antique Tool Museum: 0.0 mi
Mary Elizabeth Hopkins Santa Claus Museum: 0.1 mi
Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon House Museum: 0.2 mi
The Heritage Society Museum of Weimar: 13.9 mi
Prairie Edge Museum: 15.0 mi

Peaks7

Wilson Hill: 5.3 mi
Alley Hill: 6.2 mi
Middle Brook Hill: 9.0 mi
Rocky Hill: 11.8 mi
Live Oak Hill: 12.8 mi

Ghost towns6

Osage: 10.7 mi
Pisek: 14.8 mi
Oakland: 18.7 mi
Rexville: 19.8 mi
Hackberry: 21.8 mi

Rest areas2

Colorado County Westbound Rest Area: 4.1 mi
Colorado County Eastbound Rest Area: 4.2 mi

Nature reserves1

D.R. Wintermann Wildlife Management Area: 23.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the American Declaration of Independence. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Monument Hill	WNW 301°	138 m	24.1 mi
Rocky Hill	NNW 330°	137 m	11.8 mi
Live Oak Hill	NW 320°	125 m	12.8 mi
Red Hill	ENE 62°	94 m	17.0 mi
Wilson Hill	ESE 101°	71 m	5.3 mi
Middle Brook Hill	SE 125°	62 m	9.0 mi
Alley Hill	ESE 115°	59 m	6.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:31	19:07	19:38
June solstice	06:27	19:55	20:30
September equinox	07:15	18:53	19:24
December solstice	07:18	16:56	17:32

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	56	62	68	76	81	84	84	79	71	61	53
Precip in	3.7	2.8	3.3	3.8	4.8	5.1	2.9	3.3	3.3	4.7	4.0	3.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12402964104

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