Fort Travis
Fort Travis is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Rattlesnake Mound stands 2 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.3 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fort Travis Seashore Park is also the historic Fort Travis, a 60 acres (24 ha) military site with bunkers. The park is located in an area known as Bolivar Point, on the extreme west side of the Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County, Texas.
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Wikidata Q49490784, matched on coordinates and name (152 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1993
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long: 0.2 mi
- Bolivar Point: 0.2 mi
- Point Bolivar: 1.1 mi
- SS Selma: 2.4 mi
- Galveston: Gateway to Texas: 2.4 mi
- Fort Travis Seashore Park: 0.2 mi
- Port Bolivar Community Park: 1.2 mi
- Big Reef Nature Park: 2.5 mi
- Galveston Naval Museum: 2.6 mi
- R.A. Apffel Park: 2.7 mi
- Sail of USS Tautog: 2.5 mi
- Conning Tower of USS Carp: 2.6 mi
- USS Cavalla: 2.6 mi
- USS Stewart: 2.6 mi
- Dolphin Tree Sculpture: 4.5 mi
- East Beach: 2.6 mi
- East Beach: 3.4 mi
- Stewart Beach: 4.2 mi
- Stewart Beach Park: 4.2 mi
- Porretto Beach: 4.6 mi
- Galveston Historic Seaport: 4.2 mi
- Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum: 4.3 mi
- Texas Seaport Museum: 4.5 mi
- Galveston County Historical Museum: 4.7 mi
- Galveston Railroad Museum: 4.8 mi
- Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- East End Lagoon Nature Perserve: 2.7 mi
- Lafitte's Cove Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge: 18.5 mi
- Gleaves T. James Rose Garden: 4.1 mi
- Carol's Garden: 4.8 mi
- Harris Garden: 5.0 mi
- Oleander Garden Park: 5.1 mi
- Galveston Garden Club: 5.9 mi
- Mary Moody Northern Ampitheater: 16.3 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 22.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 24.1 mi
- Bolivar Point: 0.2 mi
- "Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" Tree Sculpture: 4.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Travis. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mound | WSW 243° | 2 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | NNW 333° | 0 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:48 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:46 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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 | 58 | 64 | 69 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 74 | 65 | 58 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galveston, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403616520
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