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Veterans Monument

Veterans Monument from directly overhead

Veterans Monument is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Flag Mountain stands 604 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Square Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.5 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Monument honoring living and deceased veterans of WWI and WWII. Erected 1950.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.34609, -99.14102

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 31
  • Fohn Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Schmidt Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Red Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Clousley Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Indian Hill: 13.4 mi
Parks: 17
  • Memorial Square Park: 0.0 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hondo Recreation Park: 0.6 mi
  • T.A. Lopez Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hondo City Park: 2.1 mi
Springs: 8
  • Indian Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Moccasin Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Bear Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Twin Springs: 20.6 mi
  • Pear Tree Spring: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flag MountainNNW 342°604 m20.0 mi
Split MountainNW 321°604 m22.4 mi
Saathoff MountainNNW 326°601 m18.9 mi
Chalk MountainNNW 345°601 m24.8 mi
Texas MountainNNW 332°596 m19.6 mi
Flag MountainNW 304°594 m24.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 343°577 m23.8 mi
Split MountainNNW 327°547 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1719:48
June solstice06:3820:0520:40
September equinox07:2619:0319:35
December solstice07:2817:0717:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525764707682848580726153
Precip in1.51.52.42.44.43.52.62.43.73.01.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hondo, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4779530847

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