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Salem Community Well

Salem Community Well from directly overhead

Salem Community Well is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Three Mounds stands 290 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Barron Cemetery, a historic site 3.5 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.5 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2012
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.56267, -96.97988

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 44
  • Vintage Gulf Gas Station: 10.2 mi
  • Animal Encounters: 10.7 mi
  • African Spurred Tortoise: 10.7 mi
  • Leopard Tortoise: 10.8 mi
  • Cheetah: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 9
  • Confederate Soldier Statue: 10.4 mi
  • Butterfield Stagecoach statue: 10.4 mi
  • Armed Forces memorial: 10.5 mi
  • Myra Baptist Church Bell: 19.7 mi
  • Red Tractor: 22.1 mi
Museums: 7
Peaks: 6
  • Mount Olive: 8.6 mi
  • Terrapin Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Brushy Mound: 22.9 mi
  • Three Mounds: 23.7 mi
  • Blue Mound: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Post Oak Beach: 11.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Herman Baker Park: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salem Community Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Three MoundsNW 319°290 m23.7 mi
Flattop PeakNNW 345°286 m24.2 mi
Brushy MoundN 5°264 m22.9 mi
Mount OliveSW 221°255 m8.6 mi
Blue MoundSSW 212°244 m23.8 mi
Terrapin HillW 264°232 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:40
June solstice06:1920:0520:42
September equinox07:1718:5319:26
December solstice07:2916:4617:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424754627079838376655344
Precip in2.22.63.63.95.64.62.92.83.94.43.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville 5 ENE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12403574649

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