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Original Sam Houston School

Original Sam Houston School from directly overhead

Original Sam Houston School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Harmony Hill stands 25 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is First United Methodist Church of Harlingen, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1986
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates26.19292, -97.69063

0.6 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites60

First United Methodist Church of Harlingen: 0.2 mi
Harlingen: 0.4 mi
Howard E. and Mary Butt House: 0.4 mi
Planters State Bank: 0.4 mi
Harlingen Cemetery: 1.2 mi

Parks

Bowie Park: 0.3 mi
Harlingen City Lake Park: 0.3 mi
Liberty Gardens Park: 0.4 mi
Centennial Park: 0.5 mi
Lt. George Gutierrez Jr. Park: 0.6 mi

Nature reserves

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 6.8 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Tucker Unit: 6.9 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Deshazo: 7.0 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Carricitos Unit: 7.2 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Ebony Unit: 8.2 mi

Museums6

Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum: 2.2 mi
Children’s Museum of Brownsville: 22.6 mi
Historic Brownsville Museum: 23.0 mi
Stillman House Museum: 23.5 mi
Brownsville Heritage Museum: 23.5 mi

Peaks4

Harmony Hill: 13.7 mi
Sunrise Hill: 15.0 mi
Goose Hill: 23.2 mi
Loma la Lauja: 23.5 mi

Gardens3

Nature Park Retention Garden: 15.5 mi
Nature Park Rain Garden: 15.5 mi
Butterfly Garden: 24.1 mi

Artworks2

Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas: 0.3 mi
The History of Mexico & Mankind: 0.5 mi

Picnic sites2

Nature Park Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
Prairie Island Picnic Area: 17.9 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Harlingen: 1.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Santa Rita: 15.8 mi

Cliffs1

Red Head Bluff: 22.5 mi

Attractions1

Welcome to Texas Sign: 24.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Harmony Hill	W 276°	25 m	13.7 mi
Sunrise Hill	W 276°	25 m	15.0 mi
Goose Hill	NE 53°	8 m	23.2 mi
Loma la Lauja	ESE 102°	6 m	23.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:36	19:12	19:43
June solstice	06:40	19:53	20:27
September equinox	07:20	18:58	19:29
December solstice	07:15	17:10	17:45

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	61	65	71	76	82	86	87	87	83	77	69	63
Precip in	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.1	5.8	3.1	2.0	1.6

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12402888055

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