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Victoria County

Victoria County from directly overhead

Victoria County is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Goldmans Hill stands 29 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Victoria County Southbound Rest Area, a rest area less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail passes 12 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1968
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

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Getting there

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Coordinates28.88896, -96.82546

12.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail

Around it

87 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites55

Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery: 2.1 mi
Fort St. Louis: 2.3 mi
Saint Joseph Catholic Church: 2.3 mi
Foster Army Air Field: 6.6 mi
201st Fighter Squadron, Mexican Expeditionary Air Force (The Aztec Eagles): 6.6 mi

Parks18

Ted B Reed Park: 9.8 mi
Ethel Lee Tracy Park: 9.8 mi
Kay's Grove: 10.4 mi
Brownson Park: 11.9 mi
Memorial Park: 12.3 mi

Museums5

Children's Discovery Museum: 10.2 mi
Museum of the Coastal Bend: 10.8 mi
Texana Museum: 12.4 mi
Nave Museum: 12.5 mi
Calhoun County Museum: 22.6 mi

Peaks3

Old Red Bluff: 14.2 mi
Goldmans Hill: 15.5 mi
Indian Mound: 16.6 mi

Rest areas2

Victoria County Southbound Rest Area: 0.0 mi
Victoria County Northbound Rest Area: 0.1 mi

Ghost towns2

Texana: 16.1 mi
Linnville: 20.0 mi

Cliffs1

Red Bluff: 15.4 mi

Beaches1

Lighthouse Beach: 21.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Goldmans Hill	WSW 242°	29 m	15.5 mi
Indian Mound	SW 223°	15 m	16.6 mi
Old Red Bluff	E 98°	5 m	14.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:32	19:08	19:39
June solstice	06:30	19:55	20:29
September equinox	07:16	18:54	19:25
December solstice	07:17	16:59	17:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	54	58	64	70	77	83	85	85	80	73	63	56
Precip in	2.7	2.0	3.0	3.0	5.2	4.2	3.5	3.1	4.5	4.0	2.9	2.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Victoria Rgnl AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12454129212

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