Towash
Towash is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Gary Mountain stands 330 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bass Fishing in Texas, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 3.1 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1967
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
- 19.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Bass Fishing in Texas: 0.2 mi
- Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church: 3.0 mi
- Whitney: 3.6 mi
- Whitney Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Whitney Messenger: 3.6 mi
- Lake Whitney State Park: 0.5 mi
- McCown Valley Park: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Creek Park: 4.7 mi
- Old Fort Park: 5.8 mi
- Steele Creek Park: 7.3 mi
- Powelldale Mountains: 10.4 mi
- Pilot Knob: 13.3 mi
- Bee Mountain: 17.0 mi
- Brown Mountain: 17.4 mi
- Little Bee Mountain: 17.9 mi
- Whitney museum: 3.6 mi
- Edwin Olsen Railroad Museum: 15.3 mi
- Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum & Golden Age Gallery of Art: 15.3 mi
- Hill County Cellblock Museum: 15.4 mi
- Texas Through Time: 15.5 mi
- Bee Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Sosebees Bluff: 4.3 mi
- White Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Greenock: 10.9 mi
- Pendell: 17.5 mi
- Brazos Point: 23.3 mi
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 15.3 mi
- Willie Nelson: 15.5 mi
- Welcome to Walnut Springs: 24.0 mi
- Aquilla Wildlife Management Area: 10.1 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 22.4 mi
- Hill County Southbound Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Hill County Northbound Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 21.2 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 21.7 mi
- Serenity Point: 3.6 mi
- (27) Herb Garden: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Towash. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Mountain | WSW 243° | 330 m | 24.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WSW 243° | 324 m | 22.7 mi |
| Kay Mountain | WSW 254° | 318 m | 19.9 mi |
| Golden Mountain | WSW 249° | 307 m | 19.1 mi |
| Dinner Hill | WNW 287° | 302 m | 23.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 273° | 301 m | 13.3 mi |
| Brown Mountain | WSW 251° | 299 m | 17.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 244° | 298 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:53 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitney DAM, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12414183089
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