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Real County Historical Museum

Real County Historical Museum from directly overhead

Real County Historical Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 588 m. Guadalupe stands 740 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of McLaurin Massacre, a historic site 3.7 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 6.2 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
588 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.86133, -99.79895

Overlooks nearby

112 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
  • Meridian Mountain: 10.3 mi
  • Hog Pen Mountain: 12.2 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 12.4 mi
  • Bullhead Mountain: 13.3 mi
  • Guadalupe: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 9
  • Swimming Hole: 7.8 mi
  • Trough Springs: 11.8 mi
  • Duncan Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Green Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Joy Spring: 22.3 mi
Parks: 7
  • Frio Canyon Park: 8.7 mi
  • Bruce Park: 17.9 mi
  • Camp Wood City Park: 18.4 mi
  • Garner State Park: 19.0 mi
  • Fisher Family Campground: 21.6 mi
Museums: 6
  • Real County Historical Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Lone Star Motorcycle Museum: 14.0 mi
  • Mission San Lorenzo: 18.2 mi
  • Nueces Canyon Historical Museum: 18.5 mi
  • Sabinal Canyon Museum : 23.5 mi
Attractions: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Area C: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Charles Lindbergh In Camp Wood, 1924: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Real County Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
GuadalupeENE 73°740 m13.3 mi
Cedar KnobNW 313°720 m21.1 mi
Meridian MountainSSE 153°707 m10.3 mi
Housetop MountainSW 232°707 m14.1 mi
Graveyard MountainWNW 297°706 m15.5 mi
Caprock MountainSW 218°695 m15.8 mi
Schoolhouse MountainWNW 301°683 m17.4 mi
Kelley PeakWSW 237°680 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:2019:51
June solstice06:4020:0920:44
September equinox07:2819:0619:37
December solstice07:3117:0917:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465157647278808074655547
Precip in1.21.42.22.14.03.11.92.44.13.32.11.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prade RCH, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

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