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Limestone County Courthouse

Limestone County Courthouse from directly overhead

Limestone County Courthouse is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Horn Hill stands 201 m to the west-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is First Methodist Church of Groesbeck, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Brazos Trail runs past it. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1998
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.52243, -96.53472

On the Texas Brazos Trail

Around it

74 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites54

First Methodist Church of Groesbeck: 0.0 mi
Home County of Lafayette Lumpkin Foster: 0.0 mi
Groesbeck Lodge No. 354, A.F. & A.M.: 0.1 mi
First Baptist Church of Groesbeck: 0.2 mi
Washington High School: 0.5 mi

Parks9

Hawkins Park: 0.1 mi
Old Fort Parker State Historical Park: 3.0 mi
Fort Parker State Park: 5.2 mi
Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site: 7.8 mi
Washington Park: 9.8 mi

Peaks6

Andrews Hill: 4.8 mi
Cedar Mound: 6.2 mi
Horn Hill: 7.1 mi
Morgan Hill: 9.1 mi
Tehuacana Hills: 15.2 mi

Ghost towns3

Springfield: 10.0 mi
Buffalo Mop: 11.8 mi
Tehuacana: 15.2 mi

Museums2

Limestone County Historical Museum: 0.4 mi
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum: 16.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Horn Hill	WNW 284°	201 m	7.1 mi
Tehuacana Hills	N 356°	195 m	15.2 mi
Bald Hill	N 358°	186 m	17.4 mi
Morgan Hill	ENE 68°	174 m	9.1 mi
Andrews Hill	SE 138°	140 m	4.8 mi
Cedar Mound	ESE 111°	113 m	6.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:31	19:06	19:38
June solstice	06:23	19:59	20:35
September equinox	07:15	18:52	19:24
December solstice	07:22	16:51	17:28

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	48	52	59	65	73	81	84	85	79	69	58	50

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mexia, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12438065280

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