Texas' First Rice Mill
Texas' First Rice Mill is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Spindletop Hill stands 4 m to the south-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is McLean Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Creole Nature Trail passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the Creole Nature Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- McLean Park: 0.4 mi
- Wiess Park: 0.5 mi
- Central Park: 0.7 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Park: 0.8 mi
- Fletcher Park: 0.9 mi
- McFaddin-Ward House: 0.4 mi
- C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Home: 0.5 mi
- Congregation Temple Emanuel: 0.5 mi
- Holmes Duke House: 0.7 mi
- The Woman's Club of Beaumont: 0.7 mi
- McFaddin-Ward House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Art Museum of Southeast Texas: 1.0 mi
- Texas Energy Museum: 1.0 mi
- Edison Museum: 1.1 mi
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum: 1.1 mi
- Bunns Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Smith Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Wiess Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Brushy Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Peach Tree Point: 23.2 mi
- Mildred Buildings: 0.4 mi
- Avenue Axe: 11.1 mi
- Elise's Family Fun Center: 21.7 mi
- Welcome to Texas Sign: 24.0 mi
- Urban Roots Farm to Table Beaumont: 2.1 mi
- Beaumont Botanical Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Cattail Marsh: 5.5 mi
- Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area Nelda Stark Unit: 12.0 mi
- Texla: 16.9 mi
- Lemonville: 18.5 mi
- Spindletop Hill: 5.0 mi
- BLUE HOLE: 17.1 mi
- Texas Star: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas' First Rice Mill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spindletop Hill | SSE 146° | 4 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:43 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 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 | 53 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 79 | 71 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaumont City, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12438060154
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