Mina Ward School
Mina Ward School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Minerva Delgado Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2015
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 10.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Minerva Delgado Park: 0.2 mi
- Jewell Hodges Park: 0.4 mi
- Fishermans Park: 0.8 mi
- Kerr Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Ferry Park: 1.0 mi
- Crocheron-McDowall House: 0.4 mi
- Brooks-Wilbarger House: 0.4 mi
- H. P. Luckett House: 0.4 mi
- Mrs. R. T. P. Allen: 0.4 mi
- Site of Bastrop Military Institute: 0.4 mi
- Lotman Hill: 4.2 mi
- Caldwell Knob: 9.2 mi
- Royston Hill: 10.9 mi
- High Point: 10.9 mi
- Flag Hill: 15.7 mi
- Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 18.5 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 20.7 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 21.0 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 21.1 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Museum of the Bastrop County Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Rockne Museum: 10.8 mi
- Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum: 12.2 mi
- Elgin Depot Museum: 15.9 mi
- Texas Wendish Heritage Museum: 19.9 mi
- Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel Statue: 11.8 mi
- Fork in the Road: 19.0 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 23.0 mi
- Reach for Your Dreams: 24.2 mi
- Bastrop Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Memorial Grove: 12.0 mi
- E.R. Fincher III Garden: 24.6 mi
- Red Bluffs: 4.1 mi
- Bird Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 24.5 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 24.6 mi
- CCC Water Fountain: 2.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mina Ward School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yegua Benchmark | NNE 27° | 232 m | 17.2 mi |
| Bastrop County High Point | SSW 201° | 226 m | 17.5 mi |
| Yegua Knobbs | NNE 27° | 225 m | 16.5 mi |
| Crouch Benchmark | SSW 201° | 224 m | 21.5 mi |
| Flag Hill | SSW 202° | 221 m | 15.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 276° | 217 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 312° | 205 m | 22.0 mi |
| Lotman Hill | ENE 64° | 201 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:59 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:56 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
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 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 59 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Creek 5 S, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395089098
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