Regency Suspension Bridge
Regency Suspension Bridge is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 398 m. Spur Mountain stands 549 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 4.9 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1997
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
127 named places within 25 miles
- Buffalo-Ebony Cemetery: 2.5 mi
- Rural Communities of Western Mills County: 3.9 mi
- Regency Suspension Bridge: 4.1 mi
- Jackson Massacre: 6.9 mi
- Ratler, Texas and the Renfro Dam: 7.7 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Hanna Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Corn Knob: 5.1 mi
- Locker Hill: 7.0 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 7.1 mi
- Richland Springs City Park: 14.4 mi
- Camp Bowie Soccer Complex: 15.4 mi
- Camp Bowie Memorial Air Park: 15.7 mi
- Allcorn Park: 15.8 mi
- 36th Division Memorial Park: 16.4 mi
- Mills County Historical Museum: 17.2 mi
- Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Musuem: 18.6 mi
- Brown County Museum of History: 19.0 mi
- San Saba County Historical Museum: 20.8 mi
- Blue Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Williams Ranch: 13.2 mi
- Texas Botanical Gardens: 17.1 mi
- Timberlake Biological Field Station: 19.8 mi
- San Saba Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Regency Suspension Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spur Mountain | NNE 32° | 549 m | 19.5 mi |
| Long Pompey Mountain | NE 49° | 537 m | 17.3 mi |
| Little Pompey Mountain | NE 50° | 530 m | 16.7 mi |
| Turkey Peak Mountain | NNE 25° | 522 m | 20.6 mi |
| Huckabee Hill | ENE 73° | 520 m | 24.2 mi |
| Tiger Mountain | ENE 66° | 517 m | 16.6 mi |
| San Saba Peak | ESE 112° | 510 m | 20.3 mi |
| Taterhill Mountain | NE 46° | 510 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:15 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:08 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:00 | 17:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Saba 7NW, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12452321767
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