Pioneer Woman Monument
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Pioneer Woman Monument is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Mount Olive stands 255 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is The First Building of Texas Woman's University, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Pioneer Woman statue is a work created by sculptor Leo Friedlander. It is located at the Texas Woman's University (TWU) in Denton, Texas, United States, and was commissioned as part of the Texas Centenary celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of Texas Independence from Mexico. The sculpture was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1938.
Wikidata Q7196837, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1938
- Material
- stone
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Quakertown Park: 0.4 mi
- Historical Denton Square: 0.6 mi
- Wolff’s Park: 0.7 mi
- Denton County Historical Park: 0.8 mi
- Carl Gene Young Sr. Park: 1.0 mi
- The First Building of Texas Woman's University: 0.1 mi
- O'Neil Ford: 0.3 mi
- University Gardens Texas Woman's University: 0.4 mi
- Quakertown: 0.4 mi
- Beulah A. Harriss: 0.4 mi
- November Devil: 0.6 mi
- Carrizo: 1.2 mi
- Shadow Garden: 1.2 mi
- Statue of Diego Velázquez: 1.3 mi
- In High Places: 1.3 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 0.4 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 0.8 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 1.4 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 1.5 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 0.3 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 0.6 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 0.8 mi
- African American Museum: 0.8 mi
- Explorium: 3.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 5.3 mi
- Pilot Knob: 6.4 mi
- Long Point: 7.6 mi
- Crawford Hill: 7.7 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 0.9 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 8.7 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 18.3 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 18.5 mi
- Crayola Experience: 21.7 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 15.5 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 15.8 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 24.5 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 11.4 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 13.8 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- The Corral: 24.0 mi
- Elizabethtown: 16.3 mi
- Camey Spur: 18.5 mi
- Shayhan Point: 8.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pioneer Woman Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive | N 10° | 255 m | 17.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 219° | 253 m | 6.4 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 309° | 244 m | 5.3 mi |
| Long Point | SW 219° | 234 m | 7.6 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | N 0° | 232 m | 22.6 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 213° | 231 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Donwell | S 187° | 218 m | 21.3 mi |
| Town Common | SSW 196° | 217 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton 2 SE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2991556892
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