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Site of Three Rivers Glass Factory

Site of Three Rivers Glass Factory from directly overhead

Site of Three Rivers Glass Factory is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Tordillo Hills stands 153 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is First State Bank Building, a historic site 0.2 miles away. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The story

City in Live Oak County, Texas, United States.

Wikidata Q976326, matched on coordinates and name (916 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1973
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates28.46166, -98.18633

85 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 57
Parks: 11
  • Tips Park: 0.3 mi
  • Aristeo Ponce Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kopplin Park: 0.6 mi
  • Montgomery Park: 1.1 mi
  • Choke Canyon State Park - South Shore Unit: 4.0 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Comanche Hills: 6.6 mi
  • Odom Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Opossum Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Lipan Hills: 17.1 mi
  • San Caja Hill: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
  • Grace Armantrout Museum: 10.9 mi
  • McMullen County Historical Museum: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Geronimo: 9.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tordillo HillsN153 m23.9 mi
San Caja HillSW146 m18.0 mi
Opossum HillWNW114 m14.5 mi
Odom HillENE110 m11.1 mi
Lipan HillsNNW101 m17.1 mi
Register HillW87 m23.1 mi
Comanche HillsNNW74 m6.6 mi
Balania HillSE64 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:45
June solstice06:3720:0020:34
September equinox07:2219:0019:31
December solstice07:2217:0617:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535864707883858580736355
Precip in1.51.42.42.03.02.72.81.73.62.31.51.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Choke Canyon DAM, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6179641139

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