Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Spindletop Hill stands 4 m to the west-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Avenue Axe, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Creole Nature Trail passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1976
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Creole Nature Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Park: 0.8 mi
- Port Neches Riverfront Park: 0.8 mi
- Central Park: 1.5 mi
- Tex Ritter Park: 2.7 mi
- Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area - Bessie Height: 2.9 mi
- Grigsby's Bluff: 0.9 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Port Neches: 1.1 mi
- First Baptist Church of Port Neches: 1.2 mi
- St. Elizabeth Catholic Community: 1.3 mi
- Site of First Mercantile Building: 2.5 mi
- The Dutch Windmill Museum: 2.7 mi
- La Maison Acadienne Museum: 2.7 mi
- Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum: 7.3 mi
- Dishman Art Museum: 7.4 mi
- Museum of the Gulf Coast: 9.1 mi
- Smith Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Bunns Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Mesquite Point: 16.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Wiess Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Avenue Axe: 0.7 mi
- Mildred Buildings: 10.6 mi
- Welcome to Texas Sign: 17.0 mi
- Sabine Pass Battleground State Historical Site: 19.3 mi
- Elise's Family Fun Center: 24.8 mi
- Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area Nelda Stark Unit: 3.5 mi
- Cattail Marsh: 10.2 mi
- Sabine Woods Sanctuary: 20.9 mi
- Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge: 21.4 mi
- Texla: 15.9 mi
- Lemonville: 16.3 mi
- Princeton: 24.4 mi
- Urban Roots Farm to Table Beaumont: 9.7 mi
- Beaumont Botanical Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Texas Travel Information Center at Orange: 17.1 mi
- Toomey (Vinton) Rest Area & Visitor's Center: 19.5 mi
- Spindletop Hill: 6.4 mi
- Texas Star: 17.1 mi
- BLUE HOLE: 20.0 mi
- MacFadden Beach: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tex Ritter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spindletop Hill | WNW 282° | 4 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:46 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:42 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:45 | 17:21 |
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 | 54 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Arthur SE TX Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12438060163
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