General Sam Houston
General Sam Houston is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Homeyer Mountain stands 139 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Baylor University on Windmill Hill, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Independence Trail
- 15.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Baylor Park: 0.5 mi
- Baylor University State Park: 0.5 mi
- Linda Anderson Park: 9.4 mi
- Hohlt Park: 9.7 mi
- Hasskarl Tennis Courts: 9.9 mi
- Star of the Republic Museum: 7.1 mi
- Giddings-Wilkin House Museum: 10.2 mi
- Brenham Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- Somerville Historical Museum: 12.4 mi
- Chappell Hill Historical Museum: 13.2 mi
- Independence: 0.2 mi
- Dallam: 10.6 mi
- Washington-on-the-Brazos: 11.5 mi
- Dinkins: 12.5 mi
- Enright: 13.5 mi
- George Bush Statue: 19.4 mi
- Haynes Ring Replica: 20.2 mi
- Bugle Stand: 20.5 mi
- Danger 79er: 20.6 mi
- How to Build a Sphere Out of Cubes: 21.0 mi
- Green Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Mount Aggie: 19.7 mi
- Homeyer Mountain: 21.9 mi
- Mockingbird Hill: 24.1 mi
- Michael Mansfield Owsley Serenity Garden: 10.5 mi
- Leach Teaching Gardens: 20.1 mi
- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Garden: 21.0 mi
- Texas A&M Horticulture Gardens: 21.7 mi
- Pickard High School: 10.6 mi
- The La Bahia Pecan: 11.5 mi
- Liendo Plantation, 1853: 24.3 mi
- Earth Art: 24.7 mi
- Hidalgo Bluffs: 7.0 mi
- White Bluffs: 20.5 mi
- 1st Methodist Park: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of General Sam Houston. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeyer Mountain | WSW 241° | 139 m | 21.9 mi |
| Shepherd Mountain | WSW 258° | 129 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mockingbird Hill | WNW 291° | 128 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Aggie | N 360° | 96 m | 19.7 mi |
| Green Mountain | W 270° | 86 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 19:56 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:52 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:54 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Washington SP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12454133832
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