San Jacinto Monument
.jpg?width=480)
.jpg?width=480)
San Jacinto Monument is a historic site in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is San Jacinto State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The San Jacinto Monument is a 567.31-foot-high (172.92-meter) column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, about 16 miles due east of downtown Houston. The octagonal Art Deco spire is topped with a 34-foot (10 m), 220-ton Lone Star – the symbol of Texas. The memorial commemorates the site of the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive engagement of the Texas Revolution. Part of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, it was constructed between 1936 and 1939 and dedicated on April 21, 1939. The world's tallest masonry column, it is 12 feet taller than the 554.612-foot (169.046 m) tall Washington Monument, the tallest stone monument in the world. Visitors can take an elevator to the monument's observation deck for a view of Houston and the San Jacinto battlefield. The San Jacinto Museum of History is located inside the base of the monument and focuses on the history of the Battle of San Jacinto and Texas culture and heritage. The San Jacinto Battlefield, of which the monument is a part, was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960, and is therefore also automatically listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1992.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1939.
Wikidata Q1111991, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1939
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- San Jacinto State Park: 0.3 mi
- San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- Woodrow Park: 2.3 mi
- Brownwood Park: 2.5 mi
- River Terrace Park: 2.6 mi
- Freeman Wilkinson: 0.6 mi
- Isaac L. Jaques: 0.6 mi
- Peter Jefferson Duncan: 0.6 mi
- de Zavala Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Persons Known to Have Been Buried in de Zavala Cemetery: 0.6 mi
- Crystal Bay Butterfly Garden: 1.9 mi
- Herman Brown Park Community Garden and Fruit Orchard: 10.1 mi
- Genoa Friendship Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Watersmart Garden: 10.8 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 10.8 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 11.6 mi
- Peacock Records Mural: 15.4 mi
- Love Mural: 15.4 mi
- Orbit II: 15.5 mi
- Albertus Magnus: 15.6 mi
- Baytown Historical Museum: 6.7 mi
- Proctor Museum of Natural Science: 6.8 mi
- Pasadena Historical Museum: 8.2 mi
- Lone Star Flight Museum: 11.5 mi
- Vietnam War Flight Museum: 11.7 mi
- Ingenia Polymers Houston: 3.7 mi
- Mission Briefing Center: 13.7 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 13.7 mi
- Shuttle Independence: 13.7 mi
- Mission Mars: 13.7 mi
- Sheldon Park Nature Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Native Coastal Prairie Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Armand Bayou Nature Center: 11.0 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 12.3 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 12.7 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 16.7 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 16.7 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 16.7 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 16.8 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 4.5 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 10.9 mi
- Barbers Hill: 13.0 mi
- Cedar Hill: 23.4 mi
- Needle Point: 10.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 17.7 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of San Jacinto Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | ENE 57° | 25 m | 13.0 mi |
| Cedar Hill | ENE 68° | 6 m | 23.4 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | ESE 123° | 3 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | SE 124° | 0 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:50 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:47 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:50 | 17:26 |
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 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000815OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/257767763
Take the scenic way to San Jacinto Monument.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.