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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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.11635, -96.98653

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks: 46
  • 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
Peaks: 11
  • 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
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 1
  • CCC Water Fountain: 17.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yegua BenchmarkNW 322°232 m19.9 mi
Yegua KnobbsNW 321°225 m19.4 mi
Lotman HillW 278°201 m16.4 mi
Royston HillWSW 238°174 m17.0 mi
High PointWSW 243°174 m23.1 mi
Hellers HillESE 117°168 m13.2 mi
Homeyer MountainE 81°139 m19.3 mi
Monument HillSSE 159°138 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0819:40
June solstice06:2819:5820:33
September equinox07:1718:5419:26
December solstice07:2116:5717:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515461687682848580706052
Precip in2.72.22.83.64.53.21.92.83.74.03.02.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithville, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/589015901

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