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Nassau Plantation

Nassau Plantation from directly overhead

Nassau Plantation is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Hellers Hill stands 168 m to the west-southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Winedale Stagecoach Inn, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 2.4 miles off. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1968
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.07006, -96.65217

122 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Henkel Square: 2.6 mi
  • Harmonie Park: 4.6 mi
  • Carmine Muehlbrad-Albers City Park: 5.7 mi
  • Oak Thicket Park: 9.7 mi
  • Park Prairie Park: 10.4 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Homeyer Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Hellers Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Shepherd Mountain: 14.7 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Live Oak Hill: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Pickard High School: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • The Dime Box: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hellers HillWSW168 m8.7 mi
Homeyer MountainN139 m6.4 mi
Monument HillSW138 m18.9 mi
Rocky HillS137 m15.0 mi
Shepherd MountainNNE129 m14.7 mi
Live Oak HillS125 m15.5 mi
Indian HillWSW101 m17.0 mi
Green MountainNNE86 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0719:38
June solstice06:2719:5720:32
September equinox07:1618:5319:25
December solstice07:1916:5517:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505460677581848479705952
Precip in3.73.43.63.65.44.52.63.84.65.14.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brenham, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12403586754

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