Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Spindletop Hill stands 4 m to the south-southeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaumont, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Creole Nature Trail passes 26 miles off.
The story
The Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center is a museum dedicated to Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias that is located in Beaumont, Texas. Fronting on Interstate 10, it is freely open to the public Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm. The museum consists largely of trophies and awards that Zaharias accumulated during her career, as well as memorabilia, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The museum also functions as a visitor center for Beaumont. Money raised by the museum helps fund scholarships for female students at Lamar University. Described by George E. McLeod as "a big trophy case", the museum prominently features a silver cup trophy that Zaharias won at a meet in Chicago in 1932, as well as her three medals from the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The museum also showcases a set of her golf clubs. More of her trophies are on display at the Babe Zaharias Golf Course's clubhouse in Tampa, Florida. Born in Port Arthur in 1911, Zaharias was perhaps the world's premier female athlete from the 1930s to the 1950s; she won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and excelled in basketball, golf, and track and field. In basketball, she was a three-time All-American. She also competed in sports as diverse as billiards, bowling, diving, and roller skating. In 1950, Zaharias helped to found the Ladies Professional Golf Association along with her husband, the wrestler George Zaharias. The couple also founded the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Foundation, which continues to help fund cancer research and support women's athletics as well as the museum. In 1956, Babe Didrikson Zaharias died suddenly of colon cancer at the age of 45; she was buried in Beaumont, which honors her with an annual golf tournament in addition to the museum. The Beaumont Convention & Visitors Bureau has described her as both the "world’s greatest female athlete" and as the region's "hometown legend".
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Wikidata Q22095299, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Creole Nature Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Beaumont: 0.0 mi
- Dr. Charles F. L. N. Graham: 0.3 mi
- Blind Willie Johnson: 0.5 mi
- McFaddin-Ward House: 0.7 mi
- Holmes Duke House: 0.8 mi
- Babe Zaharias Park: 0.0 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 0.4 mi
- Ida Reed Dog Park: 0.5 mi
- Magnolia Park: 0.6 mi
- Wiess Park: 1.1 mi
- Beaumont Art League: 0.4 mi
- McFaddin-Ward House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Edison Museum: 1.3 mi
- Art Museum of Southeast Texas: 1.4 mi
- Texas Energy Museum: 1.4 mi
- Bunns Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Smith Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Wiess Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Brushy Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Peach Tree Point: 22.1 mi
- Mildred Buildings: 0.8 mi
- Avenue Axe: 11.8 mi
- Elise's Family Fun Center: 22.6 mi
- Welcome to Texas Sign: 23.9 mi
- Texla: 16.3 mi
- Lemonville: 18.0 mi
- Princeton: 24.5 mi
- Urban Roots Farm to Table Beaumont: 3.2 mi
- Beaumont Botanical Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Cattail Marsh: 6.6 mi
- Lower Neches Wildlife Management Area Nelda Stark Unit: 12.3 mi
- Spindletop Hill: 6.0 mi
- BLUE HOLE: 18.0 mi
- Texas Star: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spindletop Hill | SSE 152° | 4 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:43 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:45 | 17:21 |
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 | 53 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 79 | 71 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaumont City, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/52007138
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