Hye Post Office
Hye Post Office is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 443 m. Big Hill stands 612 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of The Andreas Lindig Lime Kiln, a historic site 2.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail runs past it.
What the record says
- Built
- 1966
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Site of The Andreas Lindig Lime Kiln: 2.4 mi
- Trinity Lutheran Church: 2.4 mi
- Trinity Cemetery: 2.5 mi
- Williams Creek School: 3.8 mi
- Wilke Cemetery at Albert, Texas: 4.0 mi
- Circle Benchmark: 7.0 mi
- Roundhead: 7.3 mi
- Monument Hill: 7.6 mi
- Martin Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Cave Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Peach JAMboree Fairgrounds: 5.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 9.8 mi
- Johnson City Little League: 9.8 mi
- Johnson CIty Park: 10.1 mi
- Blanco County Fair & Rodeo: 10.5 mi
- Albert: 3.9 mi
- Blumenthal: 10.3 mi
- Luckenbach: 11.9 mi
- Zodiac: 13.4 mi
- Grapetown: 13.5 mi
- Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm: 3.2 mi
- Texas White House: 3.3 mi
- LBJ Museum: 3.3 mi
- Science Mill: 9.7 mi
- Lyndon B. Johnson Visitor Center: 9.7 mi
- Marschall Spring: 14.7 mi
- Wenzel Spring: 16.1 mi
- Jones Spring: 20.6 mi
- Rock Pasture Spring: 21.8 mi
- Rebecca Springs: 25.0 mi
- Lukenbach General Store and Post Office: 11.9 mi
- Fort Martin Scott Historic Site: 16.5 mi
- River Overlook: 20.8 mi
- Hill Country Overlook: 20.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Hickory Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Roos Falls: 19.2 mi
- Cave Without a Name: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Hye Post Office. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill | SW 236° | 612 m | 17.0 mi |
| Schlaudt Hills | W 278° | 597 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cedarhead | WNW 286° | 595 m | 17.0 mi |
| Bell Mountain | NNW 328° | 594 m | 16.7 mi |
| Hotopp Hills | W 277° | 593 m | 19.8 mi |
| Nebo Mountain | NW 325° | 588 m | 17.5 mi |
| Henke Hill | W 281° | 586 m | 16.0 mi |
| Cross Mountain | WNW 281° | 586 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:14 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:05 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 17:03 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Johnson City 2N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395154339
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