Texas Rock

Texas Rock is a reef in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Texas Rock is situated nearby to the quarter Fernwood, as well as near the village St. Francis.

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Shore Park and Saint Francis de Sales Seminary.

Saint Francis de Sales Seminary

Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Saint Francis de Sales Seminary is a seminary for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, located in the Milwaukee suburb of St. Francis, Wisconsin.

United States lightship LV-57

Disaster remains

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LV-57 was an American lightship that was built in 1891 and served on the Great Lakes, west of the Straits of Mackinac, from her construction to her retirement in 1924.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Francis and Bay View.

St. Francis

Village

Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Francis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,161 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

Bay View is a neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the shores of Lake Michigan, south of the downtown area and north of the City of St. Francis. Bay View existed as an independent village for eight years, from 1879 to 1887.

Jones Island

Quarter

Jones Island is an industrialized peninsula in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It began as a marsh island between the Milwaukee and Kinnickinnic rivers, and now forms the city's inner harbor design. Jones Island is situated 2 miles northwest of Texas Rock.

Texas Rock

Type: Reef
Category: landform
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.99079° or 42° 59′ 27″ north

Longitude

-87.87343° or 87° 52′ 24″ west

Elevation

584 feet (178 metres)

Open location code

86JJX4RG+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1137644123

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

GeoNames ID

5275558

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Satellite Map

Discover Texas Rock from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include South Shore Farmers Market and Bayview Park.

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