Ivy-Atchison Pioneer Home
Ivy-Atchison Pioneer Home is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Pilot Knob stands 301 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Peoria Cemetery, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 5.7 miles off. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
- 26.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
125 named places within 25 miles
- Peoria Cemetery: 0.1 mi
- Bethlehem Cemetery (HTC): 4.9 mi
- Carver Homestead: 5.0 mi
- Woodbury Missionary Baptist Church: 5.1 mi
- Site of Arnotville School: 5.6 mi
- Carter Davis Park: 5.2 mi
- Sesquicentennial Park: 6.1 mi
- Hillsboro City Park: 6.5 mi
- Leadership Park: 6.7 mi
- Wallace Park: 7.2 mi
- Hill County Cellblock Museum: 5.9 mi
- Whitney museum: 6.0 mi
- Texas Through Time: 6.0 mi
- Roadside America Museum: 6.1 mi
- Texas Heritage Museum: 8.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Sosebees Bluff: 11.8 mi
- White Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Bee Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Brushy Knob: 15.4 mi
- Powelldale Mountains: 16.6 mi
- Bee Mountain: 20.0 mi
- Pilot Knob: 22.3 mi
- Willie Nelson: 6.0 mi
- Grandview: 20.4 mi
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 24.6 mi
- Aquilla Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Hill County Southbound Rest Area: 7.9 mi
- Hill County Northbound Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Serenity Point: 9.0 mi
- Bruco, The Texas Italian Caterpillar: 24.7 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 22.2 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 22.7 mi
- Greenock: 16.2 mi
- (27) Herb Garden: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ivy-Atchison Pioneer Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | W 262° | 301 m | 22.3 mi |
| Brushy Knob | NNW 336° | 232 m | 15.4 mi |
| Bee Mountain | NW 305° | 232 m | 20.0 mi |
| Powelldale Mountains | WNW 282° | 218 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:52 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 78 | 68 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12414128221
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