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.
The story
monument in Bay City (vicinity), Matagorda County, Texas
Dates from 1937.
Wikidata Q54871475, matched on coordinates and name (13 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
Named places within 25 miles
- War Monument: 0.0 mi
- Ira Ingram, First Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives: 0.0 mi
- Matagorda County: 0.0 mi
- Bay City Post Office: 0.0 mi
- Old Bay City Bank: 0.0 mi
- Matagorda County Birding Nature Center: 2.5 mi
- Matagorda County Birding Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 12.9 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 13.2 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 13.2 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
- Palm and Bamboo Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Palm and Bamboo Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Palm and Bamboo Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Palm and Bamboo Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Cactus Garden: 2.4 mi
- Hasima: 12.2 mi
- Waterville: 17.7 mi
- Newgulf: 19.3 mi
- Preston: 20.4 mi
- Plainview: 22.5 mi
- Museum Annex: 0.1 mi
- Matagorda County Museum: 0.1 mi
- Matagorda County Museum: 1.1 mi
- Columbia Historical Museum Association: 22.5 mi
- El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science: 25.0 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: 21.1 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 | 21.1 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12452329784
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