Mill Street Telegraph Station
Mill Street Telegraph Station is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Devils Hill stands 466 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is August Dietz Cottage, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2016
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 8.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wetland Wonders · 15 mi
- Sinkholes · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- August Dietz Cottage: 0.0 mi
- Windwehen Home: 0.1 mi
- The Joseph Klein House: 0.1 mi
- The Eggeling Hotel: 0.1 mi
- New Braunfels: County Seat of Comal County: 0.1 mi
- Main Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Market Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Hinman Island Park: 0.2 mi
- Prince Solms Park: 0.3 mi
- Lindheimer Plaza: 0.6 mi
- New Braunfels Railroad Museum: 0.3 mi
- New Braunfels Fire Museum: 0.3 mi
- Sophienburg Museum & Archives: 0.5 mi
- McKenna Children's Museum: 0.7 mi
- Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture: 1.5 mi
- Mission Hill: 2.5 mi
- Nail Hill: 7.3 mi
- Bading Hill: 7.9 mi
- Harborth Hill: 8.7 mi
- Coal Kiln Hill: 10.9 mi
- City of a Prince: 0.2 mi
- Rose of Lima: 0.7 mi
- Buc-ee's Beaver: 3.1 mi
- Buc-ee's Beaver: 3.2 mi
- Steelmaker: 10.6 mi
- Comal Springs: 1.0 mi
- Bear Springs: 9.1 mi
- Devine Spring: 16.3 mi
- Walnut Spring: 16.6 mi
- Cherry Spring: 16.6 mi
- Ron Pedde Memorial Community Garden: 11.0 mi
- Guadalupe County Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 12.9 mi
- Water Garden Gems: 14.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 17.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Natural Bridge Mining Company: 13.1 mi
- Bracken Cave: 13.7 mi
- Grandmother's tree: 15.0 mi
- Learning Tree: 15.2 mi
- James C. Curry Nature Center: 10.8 mi
- Menoo Woods: 12.8 mi
- San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center: 12.9 mi
- Bracken Cave Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Purgatory Creek Greenspace: 14.8 mi
- Fratt: 20.9 mi
- Concrete: 22.5 mi
- Adkins: 22.6 mi
- Carpenter: 22.9 mi
- Honey Creek: 23.6 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 11.3 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 11.4 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 11.4 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 11.4 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 11.6 mi
- Guadalupe County Westbound Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Guadalupe County Eastbound Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- The Picnic Place: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mill Street Telegraph Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Hill | WNW 290° | 466 m | 20.6 mi |
| Big Head Mountain | NNW 328° | 450 m | 22.4 mi |
| Startz Hill | NW 309° | 428 m | 12.9 mi |
| Vogels Peak | W 276° | 414 m | 16.8 mi |
| Kuhn Hill | NNW 334° | 405 m | 20.6 mi |
| Tower Hill | N 356° | 404 m | 16.3 mi |
| Moon Mountain | N 355° | 374 m | 17.2 mi |
| Classen Hill | W 261° | 374 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:13 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:33 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 17:02 | 17:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Braunfels, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8790479259
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