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Home of Col. Sam Robertson

Home of Col. Sam Robertson from directly overhead

Home of Col. Sam Robertson 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 San Benito Post Office, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1979
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.13515, -97.62903

0.3 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

San Benito Post Office: 0.1 mi
First Methodist Church of San Benito: 0.1 mi
All Saints' Episcopal Church: 0.1 mi
A.C. Purvis House: 0.1 mi
First Presbyterian Church of San Benito: 0.1 mi

Parks

Plaza De San Benito Park: 0.2 mi
W. H. Heavin Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
Kennedy Park: 0.3 mi
Landrum Park: 0.7 mi
Valencia Park: 0.8 mi

Nature reserves

Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Carricitos Unit: 4.4 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 4.5 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 4.9 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Tucker Unit: 5.1 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Deshazo: 5.4 mi

Peaks8

Harmony Hill: 18.3 mi
Loma la Lauja: 19.2 mi
Sunrise Hill: 19.6 mi
Loma de la Montuosa Chica: 21.2 mi
Goose Hill: 23.2 mi

Museums6

Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum: 6.1 mi
Children’s Museum of Brownsville: 17.2 mi
Historic Brownsville Museum: 17.7 mi
Stillman House Museum: 18.2 mi
Brownsville Heritage Museum: 18.2 mi

Artworks5

Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas: 5.7 mi
The History of Mexico & Mankind: 5.8 mi
Elon Musk Statue: 22.9 mi
Occupy Mars - Elon Musk Wall: 22.9 mi
DOGE: 22.9 mi

Gardens3

Nature Park Retention Garden: 10.3 mi
Nature Park Rain Garden: 10.3 mi
Butterfly Garden: 18.8 mi

Picnic sites2

Nature Park Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Prairie Island Picnic Area: 14.7 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Harlingen: 6.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Santa Rita: 10.9 mi

Attractions1

Welcome to Texas Sign: 19.2 mi

Cliffs1

Red Head Bluff: 20.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Home of Col. Sam Robertson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Harmony Hill	WNW 287°	25 m	18.3 mi
Sunrise Hill	WNW 287°	25 m	19.6 mi
Loma de la Jauja	ESE 121°	9 m	23.4 mi
Loma la Cuchilla	E 101°	9 m	23.4 mi
Goose Hill	NE 39°	8 m	23.2 mi
Loma Tio Alejos	ESE 118°	7 m	25.0 mi
Loma la Lauja	E 92°	6 m	19.2 mi
Loma de la Montuosa Chica	SE 127°	3 m	21.2 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/12402888051

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