Lake Somerville
Lake Somerville is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Homeyer Mountain stands 139 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Somerville Stadium, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 5.3 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 15.0 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Somerville Stadium: 0.3 mi
- Yegua Center at Somerville ISD: 0.4 mi
- J. L. Woods' Undertaking Company: 0.5 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Somerville: 0.9 mi
- Somerville: 1.0 mi
- Welch Park: 0.4 mi
- Pazdral Park: 0.9 mi
- Foye Family Basketball Park: 1.0 mi
- Big Creek Park: 2.1 mi
- Overlook Park: 2.3 mi
- Somerville Historical Museum: 7.3 mi
- Giddings-Wilkin House Museum: 14.3 mi
- Brenham Heritage Museum: 14.5 mi
- Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum: 16.3 mi
- Burleson County Historical Museum: 16.3 mi
- Independence: 11.6 mi
- Enright: 18.6 mi
- Wicker: 19.5 mi
- Dallam: 20.2 mi
- Stone City: 20.3 mi
- The Dime Box: 17.0 mi
- George Bush Statue: 21.2 mi
- Haynes Ring Replica: 22.4 mi
- Bugle Stand: 22.6 mi
- Danger 79er: 22.7 mi
- Green Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Mockingbird Hill: 13.2 mi
- Homeyer Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Mount Aggie: 21.5 mi
- Michael Mansfield Owsley Serenity Garden: 14.2 mi
- Leach Teaching Gardens: 21.8 mi
- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Garden: 22.8 mi
- Texas A&M Horticulture Gardens: 23.4 mi
- White Bluffs: 11.8 mi
- Hidalgo Bluffs: 17.8 mi
- Pickard High School: 14.8 mi
- The La Bahia Pecan: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Somerville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeyer Mountain | SSW 212° | 139 m | 14.3 mi |
| Shepherd Mountain | SSW 210° | 129 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mockingbird Hill | WNW 304° | 128 m | 13.2 mi |
| Buzzard Knobs | W 271° | 121 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Aggie | NNE 32° | 96 m | 21.5 mi |
| Green Mountain | SE 136° | 86 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:06 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 19:57 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:53 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:54 | 17:31 |
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 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Somerville DAM, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395072472
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