Site of Camino Real
Site of Camino Real is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Belltown Community, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail runs past it. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Brazos Trail
- 19.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
101 named places within 25 miles
- Belltown Community: 1.5 mi
- An Arm of The Chisholm Cattle Trail: 1.7 mi
- Deanville: 3.6 mi
- St. John's Lutheran Church: 3.6 mi
- Old Dime Box: 4.3 mi
- Somerville Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Lake Somerville State Park - Nails Creek Unit: 6.7 mi
- Santa Fe Park: 10.2 mi
- John E. Hejl Park at Davidson Creek: 11.3 mi
- Lexington Memorial Park: 11.9 mi
- Mockingbird Hill: 5.4 mi
- Buzzard Knobs: 9.9 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 16.7 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 18.3 mi
- Green Mountain: 18.8 mi
- Stone City: 21.9 mi
- Varisco: 22.4 mi
- Nile: 22.5 mi
- Bushdale: 23.1 mi
- Sims: 23.2 mi
- Burleson County Czech Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- Burleson County Historical Museum: 10.8 mi
- Lee County Museum: 17.7 mi
- Somerville Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
- Texas Wendish Heritage Museum: 23.1 mi
- The Dime Box: 4.0 mi
- White Bluffs: 16.9 mi
- Memorial Grove: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Camino Real. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yegua Benchmark | WSW 258° | 232 m | 23.2 mi |
| Yegua Knobbs | WSW 256° | 225 m | 23.5 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NNW 344° | 196 m | 18.3 mi |
| Hart Mountain | NNW 346° | 194 m | 19.7 mi |
| Eland Rough | N 4° | 150 m | 24.4 mi |
| Homeyer Mountain | SSE 154° | 139 m | 19.5 mi |
| Clay Hill | W 271° | 138 m | 19.9 mi |
| Shepherd Mountain | SE 125° | 129 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 19:58 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:54 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:55 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395072461
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