Richland School
Richland School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Jess Maynard Hill stands 343 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is St. John Church, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 8.5 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2016
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 15.9 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- St. John Church: 0.1 mi
- Pfluger Cemetery: 0.9 mi
- Lake Pflugerville Plaque: 2.3 mi
- Kim Bird Gebert Memorial Bench: 2.8 mi
- Kim Bird Gebert Memorial Tree: 2.8 mi
- 1849 Park: 1.7 mi
- Lake Pflugerville Park: 2.7 mi
- Hidden Lake Park: 2.8 mi
- Villages of Hidden Lake Park: 2.8 mi
- Blackhawk Green Belt: 3.1 mi
- The Hutto Hippo: 8.4 mi
- Termite mound sculpture: 9.0 mi
- Herd of elephant statues: 9.0 mi
- Zebra statue: 9.0 mi
- Zebra mare and foal statues: 9.0 mi
- Native Texas Plants Garden: 5.1 mi
- Fort Dessau Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Unity Park Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Lamplight Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Zen Garden: 10.4 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 8.5 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Beck Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Bohls House: 4.5 mi
- Coupland Depot Museum: 8.9 mi
- Palm House Museum: 10.4 mi
- Elgin Depot Museum: 11.1 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 11.5 mi
- Jaecks Hill: 5.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.9 mi
- Martin Hill: 10.4 mi
- Rabbit Hill: 14.3 mi
- Rabbit Hill: 14.3 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 8.8 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 10.8 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 11.9 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 15.5 mi
- Armor and Artillery Row: 15.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 14.6 mi
- Link Falls: 14.9 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 15.3 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 19.7 mi
- Shady Spring: 9.3 mi
- Seiders Spring: 15.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 17.5 mi
- Eliza Spring: 17.8 mi
- Queen's Bath: 18.9 mi
- New Sweden: 1.6 mi
- Palm Valley: 9.8 mi
- McDuff: 14.3 mi
- Dunstan: 21.1 mi
- Phelan: 22.1 mi
- Fern Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Bird Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Seismic Wall: 20.0 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Stone picnic table: 19.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 21.5 mi
- The Learning Tree: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Richland School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Maynard Hill | WNW 292° | 343 m | 24.1 mi |
| Jollyville Plateau | W 264° | 340 m | 18.7 mi |
| Comanche Peak | W 266° | 325 m | 20.3 mi |
| Dittmar Hill | WSW 246° | 324 m | 24.9 mi |
| White Rim Mountain | WNW 284° | 322 m | 23.6 mi |
| Signal Hill | WNW 304° | 315 m | 23.9 mi |
| Flintridge Hill | WSW 244° | 311 m | 19.8 mi |
| Rabbit Hill | NW 321° | 293 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:01 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin 1 N, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453821239
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