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Oklahoma School

Oklahoma School from directly overhead

Oklahoma School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Shepard Hill stands 95 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Oklahoma Cemetery, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 13 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2002
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates30.15535, -95.59310

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • May Valley Park: 1.5 mi
  • Roy Campbell Burroughs Park: 1.5 mi
  • Smooth Stream Park: 1.6 mi
  • Artist Grove Park: 2.0 mi
  • Craftwood Park: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • SR 21: 2.0 mi
  • Boy Pushing Girl in Swing: 2.4 mi
  • Texas Whitetail Deer: 2.6 mi
  • Family Tree: 3.7 mi
  • Jungle Gym: 3.8 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Log House 18557: 4.2 mi
  • Model Railroads Exhibition: 4.2 mi
  • 1907 Tomball's Caboose: 4.2 mi
  • site of civil war era gunpowder mill explosion: 4.7 mi
  • Site of Civil War era gunpowder mill explosion: 4.9 mi
Museums: 13
  • Tomball Museum Center: 4.2 mi
  • The Woodlands Children's Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Wunderlich Farm Interactive History Park: 9.1 mi
  • Historic Magnolia Depot: 10.1 mi
  • Nature Center: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 4
  • George Mitchell Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Woodson's Gully Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
  • Cy-Fair Nature Trails: 14.0 mi
  • Wortham Island Reserve: 24.6 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Crater Hill: 16.5 mi
  • Hockley Mound: 21.1 mi
  • Wolf Hill: 22.6 mi
  • Shepard Hill: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shepard HillNNE 12°95 m22.8 mi
Hockley MoundWSW 237°74 m21.1 mi
Wolf HillSW 218°52 m22.6 mi
Crater HillENE 58°48 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0319:34
June solstice06:2219:5320:28
September equinox07:1118:4919:20
December solstice07:1516:5117:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535763697783858580716155
Precip in3.52.73.43.84.95.43.74.95.25.64.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Hooks MEM AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12452329363

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