Historic site · Texas

Old Zapata

Old Zapata from directly overhead

Old Zapata is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Mogotes Hill stands 170 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. Texas Tropical Trail runs past it. 19 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

About

The story

census designated place in and the county seat of Zapata County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q967558, matched on coordinates and name (620 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built: 1979
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.90143, -99.26659

On the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

19 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites9

Old Zapata: 0.0 mi
Zapata County: 5.9 mi
Site of Uribeño.: 5.9 mi
Old Ramireño: 10.1 mi
San Ygnacio: 14.6 mi

Parks4

Zapata County Courthouse Plaza: 0.0 mi
Zapata Sesquicentennial Trail Park: 0.2 mi
Bravo Park: 0.2 mi
Blas Maira Uribe Plaza: 14.6 mi

Museums3

Zapata County Museum of History: 0.2 mi
La Paz Museum: 14.4 mi
La Paz Museum: 19.0 mi

Peaks2

Loma Blanca: 10.6 mi
Mogotes Hill: 14.8 mi

Gardens1

Butterfly Garden: 23.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mogotes Hill	NNE 12°	170 m	14.8 mi
Loma Blanca	SSE 155°	123 m	10.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:42	19:18	19:49
June solstice	06:45	20:01	20:35
September equinox	07:26	19:04	19:35
December solstice	07:23	17:15	17:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	57	63	70	76	82	87	87	88	83	76	66	58
Precip in	0.8	0.4	0.7	1.2	2.6	2.6	2.8	1.5	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Zapata 1 S, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12454038410

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