Walzem Chapel
Walzem Chapel is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Twin Sisters stands 537 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Run POA, a park 2.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2014
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 11.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wetland Wonders · 17 mi
- Sinkholes · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Run POA: 2.3 mi
- Mission Hill Park: 2.5 mi
- Pocket Park: 2.5 mi
- Panther Canyon: 3.7 mi
- Fredericksburg Fields: 4.1 mi
- Mission Hill: 2.5 mi
- Startz Hill: 8.4 mi
- Nail Hill: 10.5 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 11.0 mi
- Bading Hill: 11.8 mi
- McKenna Children's Museum: 4.9 mi
- New Braunfels Railroad Museum: 4.9 mi
- New Braunfels Fire Museum: 5.0 mi
- Sophienburg Museum & Archives: 5.2 mi
- Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture: 6.4 mi
- Rose of Lima: 4.8 mi
- City of a Prince: 5.0 mi
- Buc-ee's Beaver: 7.3 mi
- Steelmaker: 14.9 mi
- World's Largest Pecan: 15.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Natural Bridge Mining Company: 8.9 mi
- Bracken Cave: 9.6 mi
- Grandmother's tree: 16.8 mi
- Labyrinth: 17.1 mi
- Ron Pedde Memorial Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Guadalupe County Community Garden: 11.9 mi
- Kinder Ranch Elementary Garden: 15.3 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 15.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 15.4 mi
- Comal Springs: 4.0 mi
- Bear Springs: 5.3 mi
- Devine Spring: 12.3 mi
- Cherry Spring: 12.4 mi
- Walnut Spring: 12.5 mi
- James C. Curry Nature Center: 8.1 mi
- Bracken Cave Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Menoo Woods: 11.8 mi
- San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center: 15.5 mi
- Purgatory Creek Greenspace: 16.7 mi
- Honey Creek: 18.7 mi
- Fratt: 18.9 mi
- Coker: 21.1 mi
- Adkins: 23.5 mi
- Carpenter: 24.4 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 8.8 mi
- Purgatory Creek Overlook: 16.3 mi
- Medicine Wall: 22.9 mi
- The Picnic Place: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Walzem Chapel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Sisters | NW 320° | 537 m | 22.6 mi |
| Devils Hill | WNW 290° | 466 m | 15.7 mi |
| High Hill | W 262° | 456 m | 21.7 mi |
| Leon Hill | WSW 258° | 451 m | 22.1 mi |
| Big Head Mountain | NNW 337° | 450 m | 18.7 mi |
| Butte Hill | W 266° | 449 m | 21.1 mi |
| Sykes Hill | W 265° | 449 m | 21.6 mi |
| Palmtree Hill | W 269° | 442 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:13 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:02 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 17:03 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Braunfels, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403570228
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