The Engel Store
The Engel Store is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 439 m. Meta Mountain stands 583 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cordillera Pond Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1983
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 19.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 26.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Cordillera Pond Park: 1.1 mi
- Guadalupe Cordillera Park: 3.2 mi
- The Roundup Beer Garden & Food Park: 5.3 mi
- Honey Creek State Natural Area: 5.4 mi
- Guadalupe River State Park: 5.9 mi
- Pinta Trail in Kendall County: 5.3 mi
- Cascade Cavern: 7.6 mi
- Specht's Crossing: 8.4 mi
- Adam Becker Homestead: 8.7 mi
- Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig Von Herff: 9.0 mi
- Harrison Hill: 6.4 mi
- Smith Hill: 7.1 mi
- Lewis Hill: 7.1 mi
- Palmtree Hill: 7.1 mi
- Ransom Hill: 7.4 mi
- Beek Spring: 5.8 mi
- Panther Springs: 10.2 mi
- Comanche Spring: 11.5 mi
- Rebecca Springs: 13.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 14.0 mi
- Cascade Caverns: 7.7 mi
- Bear Cave: 13.9 mi
- Cub Cave: 13.9 mi
- Texas Treehouse: 15.8 mi
- Kinderstein: 16.0 mi
- Agricultural Heritage Museum: 10.6 mi
- Wallaceville: 20.9 mi
- Western Town: 20.9 mi
- Blanco Pioneer Museum: 20.9 mi
- Texas Transportation Museum: 21.0 mi
- Cave Without a Name: 4.8 mi
- Cedar Creek: 15.5 mi
- Scenic Canyon: 15.7 mi
- Medallion Park: 16.1 mi
- Rancho Diana Park: 16.6 mi
- Honey Creek: 4.7 mi
- Ammans Crossing: 7.4 mi
- Currey's Creek: 9.9 mi
- Welfare: 14.2 mi
- Coker: 19.3 mi
- Kinder Ranch Elementary Garden: 10.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 18.6 mi
- Native Plant Wildscape Demonstration Garden: 19.1 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 21.0 mi
- El Dorado Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Batmobile: 16.1 mi
- Sushi Cat: 19.1 mi
- Gazebo for Albert Steves: 21.1 mi
- World's Largest Cowboy Boots: 21.8 mi
- Taking Flight Bronze Sculpture: 22.7 mi
- Medicine Wall: 15.5 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 22.7 mi
- Gaddis Bluff: 23.0 mi
- The Picnic Place: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of The Engel Store. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Mountain | NNW 343° | 583 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Smith | SW 230° | 578 m | 14.8 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | NNW 338° | 571 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sabinas Mountain | WNW 282° | 567 m | 10.5 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | WNW 281° | 564 m | 15.7 mi |
| Hill in Kendall County | NNE 15° | 563 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cannon Hill | W 276° | 560 m | 12.9 mi |
| Jack Mountain | SW 233° | 557 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:15 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 20:04 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 17:04 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boerne, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12438058188
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