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Site of Alvarado School, Church and Union Building

Site of Alvarado School, Church and Union Building from directly overhead

Site of Alvarado School, Church and Union Building is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Caddo Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Balch Cemetery, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 13 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

city in Johnson County, Texas, USA

Dates from 1885.

Wikidata Q448358, matched on coordinates and name (200 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
2004
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.40606, -97.21487
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Heritage Park: 0.2 mi
  • Parkway Park: 0.3 mi
  • George Washington Carver Park: 0.4 mi
  • Moore Park: 1.1 mi
  • Stonegate Park: 1.3 mi
Museums: 28
  • Alvarado Heritage Center Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Hopps Museum and Welcome Center: 6.5 mi
  • Dinosaur Science Museum and Research Center: 6.6 mi
  • Gone With the Wind Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Layland Museum: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 28
Artworks: 26
  • Grandview: 9.6 mi
  • Cleburne Heritage Monument: 10.4 mi
  • 1933 Central Texas Bus Line Depot: 10.7 mi
  • Welcome to Historic Cleburne: 10.7 mi
  • How Do You Stack Up?: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 18
  • ATSF 999457: 10.5 mi
  • The Spirit of Cleburne: 11.0 mi
  • Penn Farm Agricultural Heritage Center: 20.1 mi
  • Main Event Entertainment: 22.0 mi
  • Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis District Office: 22.0 mi
Peaks: 10
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Springs: 4
Beaches: 1
  • Lynn Creek Park Beach: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Alvarado School, Church and Union Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Caddo PeakWNW 295°303 m12.4 mi
Brushy KnobWNW 285°303 m12.8 mi
Barnard KnobW 259°292 m24.9 mi
Berry KnobWSW 253°285 m24.4 mi
Brushy MoundNW 322°275 m12.8 mi
Turkey PeakNW 319°266 m12.2 mi
Brushy KnobSSW 203°232 m17.0 mi
Bee MountainSW 223°232 m25.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0819:41
June solstice06:2320:0420:40
September equinox07:1818:5519:27
December solstice07:2716:5117:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647280838477665547
Precip in2.32.63.63.04.23.52.22.33.14.42.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burleson, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971387739

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