Home of Mrs. Margaret McCormick
Home of Mrs. Margaret McCormick is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mexican Cavalry, Battle of San Jacinto, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 4 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
- 1.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- San Jacinto State Park: 1.7 mi
- San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site: 2.3 mi
- Park Green: 2.4 mi
- Wynfield Park: 2.7 mi
- Brownwood Park: 2.9 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 9.9 mi
- Orbit II: 16.0 mi
- Healing Nature: 16.0 mi
- Albertus Magnus: 16.0 mi
- Modulation: 16.0 mi
- Crystal Bay Butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
- Watersmart Garden: 8.9 mi
- Genoa Friendship Gardens: 9.1 mi
- Herman Brown Park Community Garden and Fruit Orchard: 11.2 mi
- Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden: 12.0 mi
- Baytown Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Proctor Museum of Natural Science: 8.1 mi
- Pasadena Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
- Lone Star Flight Museum: 10.3 mi
- Vietnam War Flight Museum: 10.4 mi
- Ingenia Polymers Houston: 4.8 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 11.9 mi
- Mission Briefing Center: 11.9 mi
- Shuttle Independence: 11.9 mi
- Falcon 9 Rocket: 11.9 mi
- Native Coastal Prairie Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Armand Bayou Nature Center: 9.2 mi
- Sheldon Park Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 12.7 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 14.0 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 17.4 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 17.4 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 17.4 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 17.4 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 3.3 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 9.5 mi
- Barbers Hill: 13.6 mi
- Cedar Hill: 23.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Needle Point: 11.2 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 18.6 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Home of Mrs. Margaret McCormick. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | NE 50° | 25 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cedar Hill | ENE 63° | 6 m | 23.7 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | E 100° | 3 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | ESE 117° | 0 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:50 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:47 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403653100
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