Texas Historical Marker
Texas Historical Marker is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Jenson Mountain stands 355 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Mills Santa Fe Railway Depot, a museum 3.1 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 2.2 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 13.5 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Santa Fe Park: 3.1 mi
- Robert Wilson Baseball Park: 3.2 mi
- Boy Scout Park: 3.8 mi
- Amsler Park: 11.7 mi
- Legacy Park: 12.5 mi
- Valley Mills Santa Fe Railway Depot: 3.1 mi
- First Methodist Church of Valley Mills: 3.2 mi
- Valley Mills Cemetery: 3.6 mi
- Roden Taylor Crain: 3.6 mi
- Crawford: 5.6 mi
- Norway Hill: 12.6 mi
- Norman Hill: 13.8 mi
- Norse Hill: 16.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 16.4 mi
- Little Bee Mountain: 17.0 mi
- Valley Mills Santa Fe Railway Depot: 3.1 mi
- Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast: 12.4 mi
- Bosque Museum: 13.5 mi
- Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum & Golden Age Gallery of Art: 13.5 mi
- Edwin Olsen Railroad Museum: 13.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.3 mi
- Emmons Cliff: 17.6 mi
- Sosebees Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Lawson Point: 18.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 18.7 mi
- (27) Herb Garden: 18.2 mi
- National Pan-Hellenic Council Gardens: 20.4 mi
- Garden of Contentment: 20.5 mi
- Gregory Gardens: 20.5 mi
- Erica Cummings Memorial Prayer Garden: 20.8 mi
- Historic Bell: 19.9 mi
- CCC Plaque: 19.9 mi
- Waco Traffic Circle: 20.1 mi
- Bird Blind: 20.2 mi
- CCC Rock Tower: 20.3 mi
- Mcc beach: 16.6 mi
- Pullin Family Marina Beach: 20.8 mi
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenson Mountain | WNW 298° | 355 m | 22.7 mi |
| Cranfills Mountain | WNW 297° | 344 m | 24.6 mi |
| Rogstad Mountain | WNW 300° | 343 m | 21.6 mi |
| Ilseng Mountain | WNW 299° | 342 m | 21.2 mi |
| Gary Mountain | WNW 302° | 330 m | 19.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | NW 306° | 324 m | 18.9 mi |
| Kay Mountain | NW 318° | 318 m | 21.3 mi |
| Golden Mountain | NW 318° | 307 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:54 | 17:31 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcgregor, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11707047437
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