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Mount Blanc School

Mount Blanc School from directly overhead

Mount Blanc School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 407 m. Rattlesnake Mountain stands 491 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Zion Cemetery, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 9.7 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2009
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.72782, -98.14499

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Live Oak Park: 4.7 mi
  • Wallace Riddell Park: 4.9 mi
  • Panther Park: 5.1 mi
  • Hamilton Creek Park: 5.4 mi
  • Johnnie Mae Wheeler Park: 5.4 mi
Peaks: 59
  • Buzzard Roost: 5.4 mi
  • Post Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • North Peak: 6.9 mi
  • WildCat Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Tater Hill: 8.8 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Dancin': 23.5 mi
  • Wings: 23.5 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 23.5 mi
  • Ripples from a Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Sentinel: 23.5 mi
Springs: 12
  • Fourmile Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Trough Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Williams Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Persimmon Spring: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 8
  • Burnet County Historical Jail: 5.3 mi
  • Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 5.5 mi
  • Fort Croghan Museum: 5.9 mi
  • CCC Museum: 12.6 mi
  • The Falls Museum: 13.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Attractions: 4
  • Observation Tower: 12.7 mi
  • Dead Man's Hole: 15.5 mi
  • Texas paintball: 20.8 mi
  • World's Largest Spur: 22.5 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake MountainSW 218°491 m24.3 mi
Long MountainNW 316°490 m16.7 mi
Potato HillNW 306°484 m9.6 mi
Lookout MountainNW 319°484 m19.1 mi
Round MountainSW 215°480 m23.2 mi
Packsaddle MountainWSW 251°478 m22.8 mi
Shovel MountainSSW 197°472 m20.7 mi
Post MountainWNW 286°462 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:44
June solstice06:3120:0420:39
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2717:0017:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677581848478695851
Precip in1.71.62.72.13.72.81.81.82.93.22.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnet Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12395281340

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