Site of Knox Glass Company Plant
Site of Knox Glass Company Plant is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Pine Mountain stands 231 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Houston, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 1.7 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 2006
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
114 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Houston: 0.1 mi
- Westwood United Methodist Church: 0.8 mi
- Pilgrim Hill Baptist Church: 0.9 mi
- Fort Houston Cemetery: 1.1 mi
- N. A. Banks Elementary School: 1.3 mi
- Larry Street Park: 0.8 mi
- Willie Myers Park: 1.5 mi
- Gillispie Park: 1.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Centennial Park: 1.9 mi
- Camp Hill: 7.8 mi
- Daly Mountain: 13.1 mi
- Flint Hill: 13.3 mi
- Rocky Point: 14.3 mi
- Pine Mountain: 14.9 mi
- City Lake Park: 1.9 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Park: 3.4 mi
- Davey Dogwood Park: 3.6 mi
- Steven Bennett Park: 3.6 mi
- Lakeview Assembly: 6.2 mi
- Howard House Museum: 2.7 mi
- McDonald Museum: 12.8 mi
- Kathleen C Fitzgerald Museum: 23.1 mi
- Fairy Garden Trail: 3.2 mi
- Jarvis: 12.5 mi
- Cox Bluff: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Knox Glass Company Plant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | N 351° | 231 m | 14.9 mi |
| Rock Hill | N 4° | 214 m | 22.4 mi |
| Gray Mountain | NE 44° | 209 m | 21.4 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | ENE 71° | 207 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Hope | E 83° | 206 m | 22.9 mi |
| Casey Mountain | ENE 64° | 200 m | 23.4 mi |
| Camp Hill | ESE 115° | 199 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bowman Mountain | ENE 59° | 197 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 19:56 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:49 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:47 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palestine 2 NE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395059294
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