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Lakeside Sugar Refinery

Lakeside Sugar Refinery from directly overhead

Lakeside Sugar Refinery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Red Hill stands 94 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is E. H. Henry Rosenwald School, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 15 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1976
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.56657, -96.33128

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 21
  • Eagle Lake Municipal Park: 1.3 mi
  • Municipal Park: 1.6 mi
  • Beason's Crossing Park: 15.6 mi
  • Columbus Garden Club Certified Butterfly Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Midtown Park Butterfly Garden: 16.0 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Middle Brook Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Alley Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Wilson Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Red Hill: 17.6 mi
  • Pool Hill: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 5
  • YBR: 18.2 mi
  • St Mary's Grotto: 19.5 mi
  • San Felipe de Austin: 19.9 mi
  • Museum: 21.7 mi
  • 1824 Well: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillN 8°94 m17.6 mi
Wilson HillNW 319°71 m11.4 mi
Middle Brook HillNW 310°62 m6.8 mi
Alley HillNW 315°59 m9.9 mi
Pool HillENE 71°40 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0619:37
June solstice06:2719:5420:29
September equinox07:1418:5219:23
December solstice07:1716:5617:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525562697682848580726154
Precip in3.62.13.13.75.04.74.73.84.14.44.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle Lake Resch CTR, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971399385

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