Matagorda County
Matagorda County is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Pepper Hill stands 3 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is War Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 117 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
Monument in Bay City (vicinity), Matagorda County, Texas.
Dates from 1937.
Wikidata Q54871475, matched on coordinates and name (47 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Independence Trail
117 named places within 25 miles
- War Monument: 0.0 mi
- Ira Ingram, First Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives: 0.0 mi
- Bay City Post Office: 0.1 mi
- Old Bay City Bank: 0.1 mi
- Matagorda, C.S.A.: 0.1 mi
- Liberty Park: 0.2 mi
- Richard C. Gussman Park: 0.3 mi
- Amistad Park: 0.4 mi
- Mary Withers Runnells Park: 0.5 mi
- Henderson Park: 0.8 mi
- Hasima: 12.2 mi
- Waterville: 17.7 mi
- Newgulf: 19.3 mi
- Preston: 20.4 mi
- Plainview: 22.5 mi
- Matagorda County Birding Nature Center: 2.5 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 12.8 mi
- Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge: 18.1 mi
- Nannie M. Stringfellow Wildlife Management Area: 20.2 mi
- Mad Island Wildlife Management Area: 22.3 mi
- Museum Annex: 0.1 mi
- Matagorda County Museum: 0.1 mi
- Columbia Historical Museum Association: 22.5 mi
- El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science: 25.0 mi
- Palm and Bamboo Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Cactus Garden: 2.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.5 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 2.5 mi
- Metal Rooster: 0.6 mi
- Palapa Table for James Richard Marmion: 20.0 mi
- Gazebo for James Richard Marmion: 20.0 mi
- Backyard Park: 16.1 mi
- Hansen Park: 19.9 mi
- Levi Jordan Plantation State Historical Site: 19.5 mi
- Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site: 23.5 mi
- Pepper Hill: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Matagorda County. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper Hill | SW 216° | 3 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:04 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 19:52 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:51 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:56 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 71 | 62 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BAY City WTR WKS, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12452329712
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