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Hopkinsville Lodge No. 183, A.F. & A.M.

Hopkinsville Lodge No. 183, A.F. & A.M. from directly overhead

Hopkinsville Lodge No. 183, A.F. & A.M. is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Bastrop County High Point stands 226 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Town of Waelder, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 16 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1978
Material
aluminium
Inscription
After migrating from his native Georgia, Dennis Sheffield Hopkins (1819-1917) founded the community of Hopkinsville (5 miles NW) in 1852. He helped organize this Masonic Lodge there in 1855. The thriving village also had a grist mill, gin, several busines

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.69385, -97.29730

112 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Macario Garcia Park: 0.2 mi
  • Flatonia Rail Park: 11.2 mi
  • Central Memorial Park: 11.4 mi
  • 7-Acre Park: 12.1 mi
  • McWhirter Park: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Pin Oak Mound: 9.0 mi
  • Russell Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Obar Hill: 10.9 mi
  • Frederick Mound: 11.0 mi
  • Iron Mountains: 13.1 mi
Museums: 9
Ghost towns: 7

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hopkinsville Lodge No. 183, A.F. & A.M.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bastrop County High PointNNW226 m15.1 mi
Crouch BenchmarkNW224 m13.3 mi
Flag HillNNW221 m16.6 mi
Round MountainWNW214 m13.1 mi
Obar HillE181 m10.9 mi
High PointN174 m18.7 mi
Royston HillNNE174 m20.6 mi
Iron MountainsW171 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:41
June solstice06:3019:5820:33
September equinox07:1818:5619:27
December solstice07:2116:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515561687580838378706052
Precip in2.82.12.93.34.43.82.12.83.44.43.22.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flatonia 4SE, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12403603339

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