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Hotel Blessing

Hotel Blessing from directly overhead

Hotel Blessing is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Old Red Bluff stands 5 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Blessing State Bank, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail passes 5.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

historic place in Matagorda County, Texas

Dates from 1907.

Wikidata Q14710509, matched on coordinates and name (11 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1965
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates28.87148, -96.22169

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 33
  • Blessing Recreation Field North: 0.1 mi
  • Blessing Recreation Field South: 0.2 mi
  • City Park: 11.8 mi
  • Palacious Bay Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Riverside Park: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 9
Nature reserves: 3
Peaks: 2
  • Pepper Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Old Red Bluff: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Metal Rooster: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Matagorda Beach: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Old Red BluffW 268°5 m22.5 mi
Pepper HillSSE 163°3 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0519:37
June solstice06:2819:5220:27
September equinox07:1418:5219:23
December solstice07:1516:5717:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565965717884858682746558
Precip in3.21.92.72.73.94.63.73.95.94.33.43.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palacios Muni AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971392968

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