Roden Taylor Crain
Roden Taylor Crain is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Jenson Mountain stands 355 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Mills Cemetery, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Brazos Trail runs past it. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1987
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Brazos Trail
- 9.9 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert Wilson Baseball Park: 0.4 mi
- Santa Fe Park: 0.6 mi
- Boy Scout Park: 0.8 mi
- Cockrell-Thiele Park: 9.8 mi
- Heritage Plaza: 10.1 mi
- Valley Mills Cemetery: 0.0 mi
- First Methodist Church of Valley Mills: 0.5 mi
- Valley Mills Santa Fe Railway Depot: 0.6 mi
- Texas Historical Marker: 3.6 mi
- Gary Cemetery: 6.0 mi
- Norway Hill: 10.4 mi
- Norman Hill: 11.2 mi
- Norse Hill: 13.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Little Bee Mountain: 13.7 mi
- Valley Mills Santa Fe Railway Depot: 0.6 mi
- Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum & Golden Age Gallery of Art: 10.0 mi
- Bosque Museum: 10.0 mi
- Edwin Olsen Railroad Museum: 10.2 mi
- Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast: 16.0 mi
- Sosebees Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Bee Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.2 mi
- Emmons Cliff: 19.4 mi
- (27) Herb Garden: 19.1 mi
- National Pan-Hellenic Council Gardens: 22.6 mi
- Gregory Gardens: 22.6 mi
- Garden of Contentment: 22.7 mi
- Erica Cummings Memorial Prayer Garden: 22.9 mi
- Serenity Point: 22.3 mi
- Waco Traffic Circle: 22.5 mi
- Historic Bell: 23.2 mi
- CCC Plaque: 23.2 mi
- Bird Blind: 23.6 mi
- Mcc beach: 18.4 mi
- Pullin Family Marina Beach: 23.0 mi
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Roden Taylor Crain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenson Mountain | WNW 291° | 355 m | 20.1 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | WNW 298° | 354 m | 22.4 mi |
| Number Six Mountain | NW 307° | 348 m | 23.3 mi |
| Cranfills Mountain | WNW 290° | 344 m | 22.1 mi |
| Rogstad Mountain | WNW 293° | 343 m | 19.0 mi |
| Ilseng Mountain | WNW 291° | 342 m | 18.6 mi |
| Gary Mountain | WNW 294° | 330 m | 17.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WNW 299° | 324 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:54 | 17:31 |
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 | 46 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitney DAM, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12395124051
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