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Getsemani Presbyterian Church

Getsemani Presbyterian Church from directly overhead

Getsemani Presbyterian Church is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Harmony Hill stands 25 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Benedict's Church, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2009
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.13500, -97.63654

0.6 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

St. Benedict's Church: 0.3 mi
San Benito Bank and Trust Company: 0.4 mi
Water District Building: 0.4 mi
San Benito: 0.4 mi
Joe Callandret School: 0.4 mi

Parks

Kennedy Park: 0.3 mi
Plaza De San Benito Park: 0.5 mi
W. H. Heavin Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
Falligant Park: 0.6 mi
Landrum Park: 0.6 mi

Nature reserves

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 4.7 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Tucker Unit: 4.7 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Carricitos Unit: 4.7 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Deshazo: 5.0 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 5.4 mi

Peaks7

Harmony Hill: 17.9 mi
Sunrise Hill: 19.2 mi
Loma la Lauja: 19.7 mi
Loma de la Montuosa Chica: 21.6 mi
Goose Hill: 23.5 mi

Museums6

Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum: 6.0 mi
Children’s Museum of Brownsville: 17.4 mi
Historic Brownsville Museum: 17.9 mi
Stillman House Museum: 18.4 mi
Brownsville Heritage Museum: 18.4 mi

Artworks5

Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas: 5.4 mi
The History of Mexico & Mankind: 5.5 mi
Elon Musk Statue: 23.3 mi
Occupy Mars - Elon Musk Wall: 23.3 mi
DOGE: 23.3 mi

Gardens3

Nature Park Retention Garden: 10.7 mi
Nature Park Rain Garden: 10.7 mi
Butterfly Garden: 19.0 mi

Picnic sites2

Nature Park Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Prairie Island Picnic Area: 15.1 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Harlingen: 6.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Santa Rita: 11.0 mi

Attractions1

Welcome to Texas Sign: 19.4 mi

Cliffs1

Red Head Bluff: 21.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Getsemani Presbyterian Church. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Harmony Hill	WNW 288°	25 m	17.9 mi
Sunrise Hill	WNW 287°	25 m	19.2 mi
Loma de la Jauja	ESE 120°	9 m	23.8 mi
Loma la Cuchilla	E 101°	9 m	23.8 mi
Goose Hill	NE 40°	8 m	23.5 mi
Loma la Lauja	E 92°	6 m	19.7 mi
Loma de la Montuosa Chica	SE 126°	3 m	21.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:35	19:12	19:42
June solstice	06:40	19:53	20:26
September equinox	07:20	18:58	19:28
December solstice	07:14	17:10	17:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	61	65	71	76	82	86	87	87	83	77	69	63
Precip in	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.1	5.8	3.1	2.0	1.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harlingen, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/5224709870

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