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Will You Come to the Bower, Battle of San Jacinto

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Will You Come to the Bower, Battle of San Jacinto is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Battle of San Jacinto, 1836, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1936
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.73202, -95.08995

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 57
  • Spiritus Mundi: 10.3 mi
  • Orbit II: 14.9 mi
  • Healing Nature: 14.9 mi
  • Albertus Magnus: 14.9 mi
  • Modulation: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 56
Museums: 45
Attractions: 23
  • Ingenia Polymers Houston: 3.6 mi
  • Mission Briefing Center: 12.4 mi
  • Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 12.4 mi
  • Shuttle Independence: 12.4 mi
  • Mission Mars: 12.4 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Picnic sites: 11
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 16.2 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 16.2 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 16.3 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 16.3 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 4.5 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 10.7 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 14.1 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 18.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Will You Come to the Bower, Battle of San Jacinto. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barbers HillNE25 m14.1 mi
Cedar HillENE6 m24.4 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaESE3 m4.5 mi
Mesquite KnollESE0 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0119:32
June solstice06:2119:5020:25
September equinox07:0918:4719:18
December solstice07:1216:5017:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545864707783858681726256
Precip in4.02.73.85.25.17.94.53.44.55.43.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12403652853

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