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Site of Los Olmos

Site of Los Olmos from directly overhead

Site of Los Olmos is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Gyp Hill stands 47 m to the south, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Don Pedro Jaramillo, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 75 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1976
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates27.25758, -98.12027

75 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 15
  • Pleasant Park: 2.2 mi
  • La Colonia Park: 2.2 mi
  • Ovidio Arevalo Little League Baseball Fields: 2.2 mi
  • Falfurrias Park: 2.3 mi
  • Old Hospital Park: 3.4 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Gyp Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Jensen Trap: 9.5 mi
  • Barroso Trap: 13.8 mi
  • Lucero Trap: 20.5 mi
  • Botella Trap: 23.7 mi
Museums: 5
  • Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Riviera Historical Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Kenedy Ranch Museum of South Texas: 20.4 mi
  • John E Conner Museum: 23.5 mi
  • 1904 Train Depot Museum: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gyp HillS 171°47 m7.4 mi
Jensen TrapNNE 33°35 m9.5 mi
Barroso TrapS 175°33 m13.8 mi
Lucero TrapS 173°32 m20.5 mi
Alto de la CruzESE 106°20 m24.8 mi
Botella TrapSSE 163°16 m23.7 mi
Pinole TrapSSE 163°16 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:44
June solstice06:3919:5720:31
September equinox07:2219:0019:30
December solstice07:1917:0917:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F566066737984858581736558
Precip in1.10.91.31.74.42.82.82.24.43.01.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falfurrias, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12395228022

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