Historic site · Texas

William B. DeWees

William B. DeWees from directly overhead

William B. DeWees is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Monument Hill stands 138 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dilue Rose and Ira Albert Harris House, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail passes 23 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1971
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates29.70419, -96.54191

22.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail

Around it

106 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites55

Dilue Rose and Ira Albert Harris House: 0.0 mi
Dilue Rose Harris: 0.0 mi
Abram Alley Log Cabin: 0.0 mi
Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the American Declaration of Independence: 0.1 mi
Caledonia Lodge No. 68, A. F. & A. M.: 0.1 mi

Parks26

Columbus Garden Club Certified Butterfly Garden: 0.2 mi
Midtown Park Butterfly Garden: 0.4 mi
Beason's Crossing Park: 0.4 mi
Cardinal Park: 1.2 mi
Hill Memorial Park: 13.4 mi

Museums9

Alley Log Cabin and Antique Tool Museum: 0.0 mi
Mary Elizabeth Hopkins Santa Claus Museum: 0.1 mi
Tate-Senftenberg-Brandon House Museum: 0.2 mi
The Heritage Society Museum of Weimar: 13.9 mi
Prairie Edge Museum: 14.9 mi

Peaks7

Wilson Hill: 5.2 mi
Alley Hill: 6.2 mi
Middle Brook Hill: 9.0 mi
Rocky Hill: 11.9 mi
Live Oak Hill: 12.8 mi

Ghost towns6

Osage: 10.7 mi
Pisek: 14.9 mi
Oakland: 18.7 mi
Rexville: 19.8 mi
Hackberry: 21.8 mi

Rest areas2

Colorado County Westbound Rest Area: 4.1 mi
Colorado County Eastbound Rest Area: 4.2 mi

Nature reserves1

D.R. Wintermann Wildlife Management Area: 23.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Monument Hill	WNW 301°	138 m	24.1 mi
Rocky Hill	NNW 330°	137 m	11.9 mi
Live Oak Hill	NW 320°	125 m	12.8 mi
Red Hill	ENE 62°	94 m	17.0 mi
Wilson Hill	E 101°	71 m	5.2 mi
Middle Brook Hill	SE 124°	62 m	9.0 mi
Alley Hill	ESE 115°	59 m	6.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:31	19:07	19:38
June solstice	06:27	19:55	20:30
September equinox	07:15	18:53	19:24
December solstice	07:18	16:56	17:32

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	51	56	62	68	76	81	84	84	79	71	61	53
Precip in	3.7	2.8	3.3	3.8	4.8	5.1	2.9	3.3	3.3	4.7	4.0	3.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12402964107

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