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Washington High School

Washington High School from directly overhead

Washington High School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Horn Hill stands 201 m to the west-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Home County of Lafayette Lumpkin Foster, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2020
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.51720, -96.54020

On the Texas Brazos Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Home County of Lafayette Lumpkin Foster: 0.5 mi
Limestone County Courthouse: 0.5 mi
First Methodist Church of Groesbeck: 0.5 mi
Groesbeck Lodge No. 354, A.F. & A.M.: 0.6 mi
First Baptist Church of Groesbeck: 0.7 mi

Parks9

Hawkins Park: 0.5 mi
Old Fort Parker State Historical Park: 3.3 mi
Fort Parker State Park: 5.5 mi
Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site: 8.1 mi
Washington Park: 10.0 mi

Peaks7

Andrews Hill: 4.7 mi
Cedar Mound: 6.3 mi
Horn Hill: 6.9 mi
Morgan Hill: 9.5 mi
Tehuacana Hills: 15.6 mi

Ghost towns3

Springfield: 10.4 mi
Buffalo Mop: 11.3 mi
Tehuacana: 15.5 mi

Museums2

Limestone County Historical Museum: 0.6 mi
Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum: 16.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Horn Hill	WNW 287°	201 m	6.9 mi
Tehuacana Hills	N 357°	195 m	15.6 mi
Bald Hill	N 359°	186 m	17.7 mi
Morgan Hill	ENE 66°	174 m	9.5 mi
Andrews Hill	SE 133°	140 m	4.7 mi
Bald Hill	SW 224°	122 m	22.6 mi
Cedar Mound	ESE 107°	113 m	6.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:31	19:06	19:38
June solstice	06:23	19:59	20:35
September equinox	07:15	18:52	19:24
December solstice	07:22	16:51	17:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	48	52	59	65	73	81	84	85	79	69	58	50

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mexia, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971415461

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