Museum · Texas

Wharton County Historical Museum

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Elevation: 27 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Damon Mound44 m · 21.2 mi
Nearest byway: Texas Independence Trail19.2 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:28local time
Coordinates: 29.3438, -96.0922

Wharton County Historical Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded 27 m. Damon Mound stands 44 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 20th Century Technology Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail passes 19 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

Elevation: 27 m

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Damon Mound	E 100°	44 m	21.2 mi
Huntington Mound	NNE 33°	35 m	23.8 mi
Elm Ridge	E 84°	28 m	7.3 mi
Peach Break	ENE 75°	27 m	7.7 mi

On the road

19.2 mi off the Texas Independence Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Shearith Israel Synagogue: 1.3 mi
First United Methodist Church of Wharton: 1.4 mi
Site of World War II Prisoner of War Camp: 1.6 mi
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church: 1.6 mi
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church: 2.0 mi

Ghost towns7

Peach Creek: 8.6 mi
Preston: 9.0 mi
Waterville: 9.3 mi
Newgulf: 13.1 mi
Nottawa: 13.9 mi

Museums6

20th Century Technology Museum: 0.0 mi
Egypt Plantation Museum: 8.5 mi
El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science: 14.6 mi
Prairie Edge Museum: 22.2 mi
Black Cowboy Museum: 22.6 mi

Peaks5

Attractions2

Fort Bend County Fairgrounds: 20.8 mi
Fairgrounds Stage: 20.8 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:29	19:05	19:36
June solstice	06:26	19:53	20:28
September equinox	07:13	18:51	19:22
December solstice	07:15	16:55	17:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

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