Spanish Road to Santa Fe, 1808
Spanish Road to Santa Fe, 1808 is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 531 m. Hermans Point stands 684 m to the east, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Steamboat Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 23 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1967
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
- 24.1 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
- 25.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
112 named places within 25 miles
- St. James Lutheran Church: 11.9 mi
- Harper Community Park: 12.2 mi
- Site of the McDonald Massacre: 12.3 mi
- Harper Independent School District: 12.4 mi
- St. Peter Lutheran Church: 14.3 mi
- Steamboat Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Hermans Point: 6.7 mi
- Monument Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Swayback Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Nixon Mountain: 13.1 mi
- Falls Prong Spring: 5.3 mi
- Garden Spring: 5.7 mi
- The Big Springs: 6.5 mi
- Bierschwale Spring: 8.2 mi
- Kentner Spring: 8.3 mi
- White Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Indian Point: 15.3 mi
- H L Bluffs: 15.8 mi
- Welge Poing: 16.3 mi
- Brockmann Point: 16.8 mi
- Harper Community Park: 12.1 mi
- Wolf Caves Offroad Park: 22.4 mi
- Wolf Caves Entrance to Offroad Area: 22.5 mi
- Schreiner Park: 23.5 mi
- Hill Country Fair Grounds: 23.5 mi
- Noxville: 6.8 mi
- Hilda: 18.2 mi
- Hedwigs Hill: 21.8 mi
- Grit: 23.7 mi
- Pioneer Memorial Museum: 12.1 mi
- Mason County Museum: 22.4 mi
- Kimble County Historical Museum: 23.7 mi
- Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve: 8.9 mi
- The Gardens at the Ridge: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spanish Road to Santa Fe, 1808. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermans Point | E 94° | 684 m | 6.7 mi |
| Monument Mountain | NNW 333° | 662 m | 9.6 mi |
| Roundhead | ESE 106° | 653 m | 22.4 mi |
| Lehmann Mountain | E 87° | 623 m | 17.2 mi |
| Steamboat Mountain | N 2° | 608 m | 2.4 mi |
| Double Knobs | N 2° | 606 m | 24.8 mi |
| Round Top | W 278° | 604 m | 24.8 mi |
| Buckeye Point | E 94° | 601 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:18 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:37 | 20:08 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:04 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:05 | 17:42 |
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 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 66 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harper 3ene, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12438066305
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