Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum
Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 94 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Vernon Richards Riverbend Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 1.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 94 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 11.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Rabb House: 2.2 mi
- First Methodist Church of Smithville: 2.5 mi
- Smithville: 2.6 mi
- Leshikar House: 2.6 mi
- Chancellor House: 2.7 mi
- Vernon Richards Riverbend Park: 1.6 mi
- Independence Park: 2.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Railroad Park: 2.7 mi
- Keilburg Park: 3.2 mi
- Royston Hill: 6.6 mi
- Lotman Hill: 10.3 mi
- High Point: 12.7 mi
- Indian Hill: 14.6 mi
- Monument Hill: 18.6 mi
- Pin Oak: 4.2 mi
- Oak Hill: 4.2 mi
- Flower Hill: 5.3 mi
- Grassyville: 7.5 mi
- Upton: 7.8 mi
- Texas Wendish Heritage Museum: 10.5 mi
- Museum of the Bastrop County Historical Society: 11.9 mi
- Lee County Museum: 15.5 mi
- Rockne Museum: 17.8 mi
- N W Faison Home and Museum: 18.7 mi
- Red Bluffs: 8.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Bastrop Community Garden: 11.9 mi
- Memorial Grove: 13.2 mi
- CCC Water Fountain: 9.4 mi
- Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel Statue: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yegua Benchmark | N 351° | 232 m | 21.1 mi |
| Bastrop County High Point | WSW 238° | 226 m | 20.3 mi |
| Yegua Knobbs | N 351° | 225 m | 20.4 mi |
| Crouch Benchmark | SW 232° | 224 m | 23.7 mi |
| Flag Hill | WSW 242° | 221 m | 18.9 mi |
| Lotman Hill | NW 316° | 201 m | 10.3 mi |
| Caldwell Knob | WNW 291° | 177 m | 21.2 mi |
| Royston Hill | SW 234° | 174 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:58 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 51 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithville, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/368165021
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