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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. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

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

101 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 20
  • 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 HillN94 m17.6 mi
Wilson HillNW71 m11.4 mi
Middle Brook HillNW62 m6.8 mi
Alley HillNW59 m9.9 mi
Pool HillENE40 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 50–80 °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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