Elgin Depot Museum
Elgin Depot Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. Rabbit Hill stands 293 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans' Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail runs past it. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Former Union Depot.
The story
city in Bastrop and Travis counties in Texas, United States
Wikidata Q976529, matched on coordinates and name (286 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1903
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Texas Brazos Trail
- 26.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 16.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- Morris Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Thomas Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Elgin Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Goins Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Elgin Lodge No. 328, A. F. & A. M.: 0.1 mi
- Elgin Christian Church: 0.2 mi
- Dr. I. B. Nofsinger House: 0.2 mi
- First Presbyterian Church of Elgin: 0.3 mi
- Elgin Methodist Church: 0.3 mi
- Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel Statue: 15.1 mi
- Bill Picket: 15.5 mi
- The Hutto Hippo: 17.2 mi
- Fork in the Road: 17.6 mi
- Lotus: 18.5 mi
- Memorial Grove: 14.6 mi
- Native Texas Plants Garden: 15.9 mi
- Taylor Liberty Garden: 16.4 mi
- Bastrop Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Fort Dessau Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- Coupland Depot Museum: 7.8 mi
- Coupland Museum: 13.6 mi
- Bohls House: 15.6 mi
- The Dan Moody Museum Home & Garden: 15.9 mi
- Museum of the Bastrop County Historical Society: 16.7 mi
- Yegua Knobbs: 10.6 mi
- Yegua Benchmark: 10.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 13.3 mi
- Clay Hill: 14.4 mi
- Caldwell Knob: 14.7 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 13.6 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 16.4 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 17.8 mi
- CCC Water Fountain: 17.6 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 18.9 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 20.9 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 21.2 mi
- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well: 22.3 mi
- New Sweden: 9.5 mi
- McDuff: 10.2 mi
- Dunstan: 11.8 mi
- Phelan: 13.3 mi
- Yewpon: 16.0 mi
- Lower McKinney Falls: 23.8 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 24.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 24.2 mi
- Link Falls: 24.6 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
- Shady Spring: 19.3 mi
- Seiders Spring: 22.7 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 24.6 mi
- Eliza Spring: 24.6 mi
- Red Bluffs: 19.7 mi
- Bird Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Fern Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Stone picnic table: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elgin Depot Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbit Hill | NW 311° | 293 m | 24.9 mi |
| Martin Hill | WNW 291° | 284 m | 21.3 mi |
| Cat Mountain | W 271° | 283 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Lucas | W 267° | 265 m | 24.1 mi |
| Rabbit Hill | NW 315° | 263 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Barker | W 266° | 257 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Bonnell | W 266° | 238 m | 24.1 mi |
| Yegua Benchmark | E 92° | 232 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:00 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
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 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin 1 N, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/395204219
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