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San Saba County Historical Museum

San Saba County Historical Museum from directly overhead

San Saba County Historical Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 489 m. Shin Oak Mountain stands 587 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. Texas Forts Trail passes 15 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
489 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.19406, -98.71192
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks: 57
  • Chapel Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Fivemile Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Harkey Knobs: 6.9 mi
  • Round Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Wildhorse Mountain: 7.7 mi
Parks: 8
  • San Saba City Park: 0.2 mi
  • San Saba City Park: 0.2 mi
  • San Saba River Nature Park: 0.3 mi
  • Risien Park: 0.4 mi
  • Historical Monument: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 7
  • Gorman Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Post Oak Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Burnt Canyon Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shin Oak MountainSW 214°587 m16.9 mi
Bee BenchmarkSSW 207°580 m22.0 mi
Lone Oak MountainSSW 207°568 m22.4 mi
Buffalo KnobSSW 204°538 m11.1 mi
High Pond MountainSSW 206°537 m10.7 mi
Magill MountainS 191°516 m20.3 mi
High RockSSW 213°511 m23.3 mi
San Saba PeakNE 42°510 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1519:47
June solstice06:3220:0720:43
September equinox07:2419:0119:33
December solstice07:3017:0017:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057657380838476675648
Precip in1.72.02.61.93.93.52.02.02.53.11.81.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Saba 7NW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368165523

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