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Site of Dunbar High School

Site of Dunbar High School from directly overhead

Site of Dunbar High School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Horn Hill stands 201 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is St. John's A. M. E. Church, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail runs past it. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2005
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

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Coordinates31.67962, -96.49093

On the Texas Brazos Trail
20.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail

Around it

86 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites55

St. John's A. M. E. Church: 0.3 mi
Town Named for Gen. Jose Antonio Mexia: 0.5 mi
First Presbyterian Church of Mexia: 0.5 mi
Origin of the Texas State Teachers Association: 0.5 mi
First Baptist Church of Mexia: 0.7 mi

Parks14

Mexia City Park: 0.8 mi
Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site: 5.2 mi
Fort Parker State Park: 6.4 mi
Booker T Washington Emancipation Proclamation Park: 6.4 mi
Washington Park: 6.6 mi

Peaks8

Tehuacana Hills: 5.6 mi
Bald Hill: 7.3 mi
Morgan Hill: 9.4 mi
Horn Hill: 13.2 mi
Cedar Mound: 13.5 mi

Ghost towns4

Springfield: 1.5 mi
Tehuacana: 5.4 mi
Coutchman: 14.3 mi
Buffalo Mop: 21.6 mi

Museums3

Limestone County Historical Museum: 11.0 mi
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum: 12.6 mi
Freestone County Historical Museum: 19.5 mi

Rest areas2

Navarro County Southbound Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Navarro County Northbound Rest Area: 17.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Dunbar High School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Horn Hill	SW 226°	201 m	13.2 mi
Tehuacana Hills	NW 320°	195 m	5.6 mi
Bald Hill	NNW 334°	186 m	7.3 mi
Burleson Hill	ESE 103°	182 m	23.5 mi
Morgan Hill	SE 142°	174 m	9.4 mi
Folsom Hills	E 101°	168 m	24.8 mi
Andrews Hill	S 178°	140 m	14.4 mi
Cedar Mound	SSE 166°	113 m	13.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:31	19:06	19:38
June solstice	06:22	19:59	20:35
September equinox	07:15	18:52	19:24
December solstice	07:22	16:50	17:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	48	52	59	65	73	81	84	85	79	69	58	50

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mexia, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971415455

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