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Wallisville Cemetery

Wallisville Cemetery from directly overhead

Wallisville Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Chambers County Museum at Wallisville, a museum 0.7 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 17 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

cemetery in Chambers County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117683943, matched on coordinates and name (113 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built: 1991
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

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Coordinates29.83209, -94.72646

16.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Site of Old Wallisville: 0.7 mi
Site of Mission Nuestra Senora de la Luz: 0.7 mi
Mission Nuestra Senora de la Luz del Orcoquisac and Presidio San Agustin de Ahumada: 0.7 mi
Joseph Blancpain's French Trading Post: 0.7 mi
Near Site of the Signing of Turtle Bayou Resolutions: 4.4 mi

Parks

Cedar Hill Park: 3.1 mi
Hugo Point Park: 4.4 mi
Fort Anahuac Park: 5.8 mi
M. Q. Bradford Park: 5.8 mi
City of Old River-Winfree Park: 7.0 mi

Nature reserves6

Trinity River Island Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge: 6.5 mi
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge: 7.7 mi
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge - Champion Lake Area: 8.0 mi
Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge: 14.9 mi

Museums5

Chambers County Museum at Wallisville: 0.7 mi
Wallisville Heritage Park Museum: 3.1 mi
Barbers Hill-Mont Belvieu Museum: 8.5 mi
Baytown Historical Museum: 16.1 mi
Old School Museum: 17.5 mi

Peaks4

Cedar Hill: 3.1 mi
Barbers Hill: 10.4 mi
Mesquite Knoll: 17.0 mi
Blackwell Peninsula: 19.3 mi

Cliffs4

Needle Point: 11.4 mi
Graveyard Hill: 18.8 mi
Red Bluff: 22.1 mi
Red Bluff: 22.1 mi

Rest areas2

Chambers County Eastbound Rest Area: 7.1 mi
Chambers County Westbound Rest Area: 7.1 mi

Gardens1

Crystal Bay Butterfly Garden: 20.1 mi

Attractions1

Elise's Family Fun Center: 24.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Barbers Hill	W 277°	25 m	10.4 mi
Cedar Hill	N 9°	6 m	3.1 mi
Blackwell Peninsula	WSW 245°	3 m	19.3 mi
Mesquite Knoll	SW 226°	0 m	17.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:24	18:59	19:31
June solstice	06:20	19:48	20:23
September equinox	07:08	18:45	19:17
December solstice	07:11	16:48	17:25

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	52	56	62	68	75	81	83	83	79	71	61	54
Precip in	4.6	3.1	3.6	4.4	5.4	5.8	5.7	7.0	7.0	4.8	3.9	4.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anahuac, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12402925774

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