Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Sam Houston Memorial Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 119 m. Peckerwood Hill stands 144 m to the east-southeast, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sam Houston Home (Duck Pond Park), a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 119 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
- 24.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodland, Home of Sam Houston: 0.1 mi
- Houston, Margaret Moffette Lea: 0.1 mi
- Old Main Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Old Main Building: 0.1 mi
- Austin College Building: 0.1 mi
- Sam Houston Home (Duck Pond Park): 0.1 mi
- Pritchett Field: 0.2 mi
- Rather Park: 0.5 mi
- Josey Park: 0.5 mi
- Town Creek Park: 0.5 mi
- Peckerwood Hill: 0.8 mi
- Smith Hill: 1.2 mi
- Blue Bonnet Hill: 13.2 mi
- Gospel Hill: 14.1 mi
- Shepard Hill: 16.5 mi
- Wyser Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Cincinnati Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Sulphur Bluffs: 16.8 mi
- Gibbs-Powell House Museum: 0.6 mi
- H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum of Texas: 2.3 mi
- Texas Prison Museum: 2.4 mi
- The Raven: 0.3 mi
- Sam Houston Grave: 0.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sam Houston Memorial Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peckerwood Hill | ESE 110° | 144 m | 0.8 mi |
| Smith Hill | NW 326° | 126 m | 1.2 mi |
| Blue Bonnet Hill | SW 229° | 96 m | 13.2 mi |
| Shepard Hill | S 172° | 95 m | 16.5 mi |
| Gospel Hill | NE 56° | 92 m | 14.1 mi |
| Liberty Hill | E 82° | 82 m | 19.4 mi |
| Rocky Hill | ENE 59° | 77 m | 19.6 mi |
| Camp Hill | ENE 61° | 61 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:53 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:49 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntsville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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