Point Bolivar
Point Bolivar is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Rattlesnake Mound stands 2 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Port Bolivar Community Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Port Bolivar Community Park: 0.8 mi
- Fort Travis Seashore Park: 1.1 mi
- Galveston Naval Museum: 2.9 mi
- Big Reef Nature Park: 3.5 mi
- R.A. Apffel Park: 3.7 mi
- Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long: 0.9 mi
- Bolivar Point: 0.9 mi
- Fort Travis: 1.1 mi
- SS Selma: 2.7 mi
- Galveston: Gateway to Texas: 2.7 mi
- Sail of USS Tautog: 2.8 mi
- Conning Tower of USS Carp: 2.9 mi
- USS Cavalla: 2.9 mi
- USS Stewart: 2.9 mi
- Elissa: 4.7 mi
- East Beach: 3.6 mi
- East Beach: 4.1 mi
- Stewart Beach: 4.7 mi
- Stewart Beach Park: 4.8 mi
- Porretto Beach: 5.1 mi
- Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum: 4.5 mi
- Galveston Historic Seaport: 4.6 mi
- Texas Seaport Museum: 4.7 mi
- Galveston Railroad Museum: 5.0 mi
- Galveston Railroad Museum: 5.0 mi
- Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 0.8 mi
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- East End Lagoon Nature Perserve: 3.6 mi
- Lafitte's Cove Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge: 18.2 mi
- Gleaves T. James Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- Carol's Garden: 5.0 mi
- Harris Garden: 5.3 mi
- Oleander Garden Park: 5.4 mi
- Galveston Garden Club: 6.2 mi
- Bolivar Point: 0.9 mi
- "Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" Tree Sculpture: 4.8 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 24.4 mi
- Mary Moody Northern Ampitheater: 16.1 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 22.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 23.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point Bolivar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mound | WSW 240° | 2 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | NNW 334° | 0 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:48 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:46 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:50 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 58 | 64 | 69 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 74 | 65 | 58 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galveston, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13971422948
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