Sunken Garden Dance Platform
Sunken Garden Dance Platform is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. Obar Hill stands 181 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Masonic Lodge Building, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 17 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 2018
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
96 named places within 25 miles
- Masonic Lodge Building: 0.1 mi
- Shiner Opera House: 0.2 mi
- First National Bank of Shiner: 0.2 mi
- Spoetzl Brewery: 0.2 mi
- Shiner: 0.3 mi
- Welhausen Park: 0.3 mi
- Yoakum Municipal Park: 9.1 mi
- Moulton City Park: 9.6 mi
- Yoakum City Park: 10.4 mi
- Hallettsville City Park: 13.7 mi
- Edwin Wolters Memorial Museum: 0.6 mi
- Lavaca Historical Museum: 13.8 mi
- Gonzales Memorial Museum: 17.3 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 17.7 mi
- Flatonia Rail Museum: 18.1 mi
- Pin Oak Mound: 10.9 mi
- Frederick Mound: 11.1 mi
- Russell Hill: 14.3 mi
- Obar Hill: 16.8 mi
- Santa Anna Mound: 17.3 mi
- Petersburg: 16.2 mi
- Praha: 17.7 mi
- Hackberry: 20.4 mi
- Oakland: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunken Garden Dance Platform. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obar Hill | N 10° | 181 m | 16.8 mi |
| Frederick Mound | N 3° | 154 m | 11.1 mi |
| Russell Hill | N 3° | 154 m | 14.3 mi |
| Stevens Hill | W 274° | 119 m | 23.1 mi |
| Pin Oak Mound | NNW 331° | 107 m | 10.9 mi |
| Santa Anna Mound | W 281° | 95 m | 17.3 mi |
| Windy Hill | WSW 240° | 71 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 19:57 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:59 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 79 | 71 | 62 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yoakum, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12438066341
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