Texas Wendish Heritage Museum
Texas Wendish Heritage Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Serbin, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 8.3 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Wendish Heritage Society
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 11.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Serbin: 0.2 mi
- Serbin: 1.1 mi
- Goucher Cemetery Historical Site: 2.5 mi
- James Goucher: 2.5 mi
- Grassyville Cemetery: 5.2 mi
- Giddings Volunteer Fire Department Firemen's Park: 4.7 mi
- Simmang Northwest Park: 5.6 mi
- Veterans Park: 5.9 mi
- Vernon Richards Riverbend Park: 11.6 mi
- Buescher State Park: 12.1 mi
- Indian Hill: 11.3 mi
- Hellers Hill: 13.2 mi
- Buzzard Knobs: 15.6 mi
- Lotman Hill: 16.4 mi
- Royston Hill: 17.0 mi
- Grassyville: 5.7 mi
- Pin Oak: 6.5 mi
- Flower Hill: 13.6 mi
- Yewpon: 13.7 mi
- Oak Hill: 14.0 mi
- Lee County Museum: 5.4 mi
- Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum: 10.5 mi
- Center for American History Winedale Historical Center: 14.3 mi
- Round Top Area History Museum: 14.3 mi
- N W Faison Home and Museum: 16.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Red Bluffs: 17.7 mi
- White Bluffs: 20.1 mi
- Memorial Grove: 13.3 mi
- Bastrop Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- CCC Water Fountain: 17.4 mi
- The Dime Box: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas Wendish Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yegua Benchmark | NW 322° | 232 m | 19.9 mi |
| Yegua Knobbs | NW 321° | 225 m | 19.4 mi |
| Lotman Hill | W 278° | 201 m | 16.4 mi |
| Royston Hill | WSW 238° | 174 m | 17.0 mi |
| High Point | WSW 243° | 174 m | 23.1 mi |
| Hellers Hill | ESE 117° | 168 m | 13.2 mi |
| Homeyer Mountain | E 81° | 139 m | 19.3 mi |
| Monument Hill | SSE 159° | 138 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 19:58 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:57 | 17:33 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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