Explorium
Explorium is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Pat Dick Hill stands 291 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- North Lakes Park: 1.6 mi
- Bowling Green Park: 1.9 mi
- North Pointe Park: 1.9 mi
- Rayzor Ranch Park: 2.1 mi
- Evers Park: 2.4 mi
- Statue of Diego Velázquez: 3.2 mi
- Shadow Garden: 3.2 mi
- In High Places: 3.3 mi
- Carrizo: 3.3 mi
- The Sustaining Arch: 3.4 mi
- Blue Mound: 2.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.2 mi
- Pilot Knob: 7.2 mi
- Long Point: 8.3 mi
- Crawford Hill: 8.7 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 3.0 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 3.4 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 3.8 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 3.2 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 3.5 mi
- African American Museum: 3.6 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 3.6 mi
- Roanoke Engine 1: 17.9 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 2.4 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 8.8 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 21.1 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 21.2 mi
- Crayola Experience: 25.0 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 17.9 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 18.5 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 13.1 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 14.6 mi
- Elizabethtown: 17.1 mi
- Camey Spur: 21.8 mi
- Shayhan Point: 11.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Explorium. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dick Hill | WSW 253° | 291 m | 23.0 mi |
| Blue Mound | SSW 206° | 264 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Olive | NNE 21° | 255 m | 15.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 192° | 253 m | 7.2 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 309° | 244 m | 2.0 mi |
| Long Point | SSW 195° | 234 m | 8.3 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | N 7° | 232 m | 20.6 mi |
| Crawford Hill | S 191° | 231 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton Municpal AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11010395367
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