First Texas City Refinery, The
First Texas City Refinery, The is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Nuckols Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 2.7 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1996
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Nuckols Park: 0.4 mi
- Braslau Park: 0.7 mi
- Trahan Park: 0.7 mi
- Insley Park: 0.8 mi
- Sanders Park: 0.9 mi
- Texas Sugar Refining Company: 0.8 mi
- Booker T. Washington School: 0.9 mi
- Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana in Texas City: 0.9 mi
- Davison Home: 1.0 mi
- First Methodist Church of Texas City: 1.0 mi
- Moody Gardens: 7.7 mi
- USS Stewart: 8.1 mi
- USS Cavalla: 8.1 mi
- Elissa: 8.1 mi
- Conning Tower of USS Carp: 8.1 mi
- Babe's Beach: 9.0 mi
- Porretto Beach: 9.4 mi
- Porretto Beach: 9.4 mi
- Stewart Beach: 9.5 mi
- Stewart Beach Park: 9.5 mi
- Texas City Museum: 0.9 mi
- Galveston Railroad Museum: 8.0 mi
- Galveston Railroad Museum: 8.0 mi
- Texas Seaport Museum: 8.1 mi
- Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum: 8.2 mi
- Carol's Garden: 8.0 mi
- Oleander Garden Park: 8.3 mi
- Windsor Court Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Galveston Garden Club: 8.5 mi
- Harris Garden: 8.5 mi
- Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 8.8 mi
- East End Lagoon Nature Perserve: 10.0 mi
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary: 10.3 mi
- Lafitte's Cove Nature Preserve: 11.0 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 15.4 mi
- Mary Moody Northern Ampitheater: 12.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 17.1 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 19.8 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 24.4 mi
- Bolivar Point: 8.8 mi
- "Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" Tree Sculpture: 8.9 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 18.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Red Bluff: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Texas City Refinery, The. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Peninsula | NNW 344° | 3 m | 24.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mound | SW 227° | 2 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | N 355° | 0 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:48 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:50 | 17:26 |
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 | 72 | 78 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 82 | 75 | 66 | 59 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galveston Scholes FLD, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403616650
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