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Flood, The 1957

Flood, The 1957 from directly overhead

Flood, The 1957 is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 313 m. Messanger Mountain stands 502 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hancock Springs Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2005
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.05506, -98.18069

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Cedar Top Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Bachelor Peak: 6.5 mi
  • Carter Mountains: 7.1 mi
  • Flat Top Peak: 7.4 mi
  • Boys Peak: 7.9 mi
Parks: 47
  • Hancock Springs Park: 0.1 mi
  • W. M. Brook Park: 0.2 mi
  • Gavin Garrett Soccer Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sue Ann Park: 0.6 mi
  • College Street Park: 0.8 mi
Springs: 13
  • Gooch Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Adams Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Persimmon Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Trough Spring: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 7
  • Lampasas County Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Lampasas County Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Burnet County Historical Jail: 20.7 mi
  • Fort Croghan Museum: 20.8 mi
  • Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • World's Largest Spur: 0.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Flood, The 1957. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Messanger MountainWNW 301°502 m13.8 mi
Knight MountainNW 304°501 m11.9 mi
Long MountainSW 222°490 m14.1 mi
Payne MountainNNW 338°490 m23.2 mi
Twin Sister PeaksWNW 295°485 m12.1 mi
Lookout MountainSW 232°484 m13.3 mi
Potato HillSSW 198°484 m17.9 mi
Waters MountainWNW 285°480 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:45
June solstice06:3020:0520:40
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2816:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657381848478675748
Precip in2.22.23.02.54.63.51.92.32.43.02.22.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lampasas, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12438032596

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