Historic site · Texas

Port O'Connor

Port O'Connor from directly overhead

Port O'Connor is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Pepper Hill stands 3 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is King Fisher Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

unincorporated community and census-designated place in Calhoun County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q974694, matched on coordinates and name (427 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built: 2001
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates28.45212, -96.40509

17.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Parks17

Bayou Bend Park: 5.4 mi
Navigation Park: 5.4 mi
Bayou View Park: 5.6 mi
Central Park: 5.8 mi
Matagorda Island State Park: 13.8 mi

Beaches2

King Fisher Beach: 0.1 mi
Lighthouse Beach: 18.0 mi

Ghost towns2

Indianola: 6.5 mi
Linnville: 19.7 mi

Museums2

Calhoun County Museum: 17.4 mi
Calhoun County Museum: 17.4 mi

Artworks1

Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle: 8.2 mi

Nature reserves1

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Myrtle Foster Whitmire Management Unit: 8.3 mi

Peaks1

Pepper Hill: 24.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Pepper Hill	NE 35°	3 m	24.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:30	19:06	19:37
June solstice	06:30	19:52	20:27
September equinox	07:15	18:52	19:24
December solstice	07:15	16:59	17:34

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	59	65	71	77	82	84	85	82	76	65	59

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port O'connor, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/6259154827

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