United States Senator Morgan C. Hamilton
United States Senator Morgan C. Hamilton is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Martin Hill stands 284 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Coupland Depot Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Brazos Trail runs past it. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1975
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Brazos Trail
- 24.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 24.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- St. Peters United Church of Christ: 0.1 mi
- Lund: 3.7 mi
- Battle of Brushy Creek: 3.9 mi
- Type Cemetery: 3.9 mi
- Carlson: 4.3 mi
- Avery Glen Park: 6.5 mi
- Shenandoah Soccer Park: 6.8 mi
- Shenandoah Greenbelt: 7.1 mi
- Elgin Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- Gano Neighborhood Park: 7.2 mi
- Bill Picket: 7.6 mi
- The Hutto Hippo: 11.0 mi
- Termite mound sculpture: 15.0 mi
- Zebra statue: 15.1 mi
- Zebra mare and foal statues: 15.1 mi
- Taylor Liberty Garden: 8.5 mi
- Native Texas Plants Garden: 13.8 mi
- Fort Dessau Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Unity Park Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- Lamplight Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Coupland Depot Museum: 0.0 mi
- Coupland Museum: 7.1 mi
- Elgin Depot Museum: 7.8 mi
- The Dan Moody Museum Home & Garden: 8.1 mi
- Bohls House: 12.9 mi
- San Gabriel Wildlife Area: 13.8 mi
- Granger Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 15.8 mi
- Pecan Grove Wildlife Area: 16.7 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 17.1 mi
- Jaecks Hill: 9.9 mi
- Yegua Benchmark: 14.4 mi
- Yegua Knobbs: 14.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 14.8 mi
- Clay Hill: 15.0 mi
- New Sweden: 8.1 mi
- Palm Valley: 14.9 mi
- McDuff: 16.8 mi
- Dunstan: 19.6 mi
- Phelan: 21.1 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 17.7 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 19.7 mi
- Inner Space Cavern: 20.5 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 20.8 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 24.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 23.5 mi
- Link Falls: 23.9 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Fern Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Bird Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Shady Spring: 18.3 mi
- Seiders Spring: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of United States Senator Morgan C. Hamilton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Hill | W 270° | 284 m | 18.6 mi |
| Cat Mountain | WSW 252° | 283 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Lucas | WSW 249° | 265 m | 24.5 mi |
| Rabbit Hill | WNW 301° | 263 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Barker | WSW 248° | 257 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Bonnell | WSW 247° | 238 m | 24.7 mi |
| Yegua Benchmark | SE 124° | 232 m | 14.4 mi |
| Queen Hill | NNW 327° | 227 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:00 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:57 | 17:34 |
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 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin 1 N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12454132129
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