Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot
Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot is an attraction in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas State Railroad, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 14 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas State Railroad Authority
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Texas State Railroad: 0.2 mi
- Site of Rusk Public School No. 2 for African Americans: 2.0 mi
- Site of Confederate Gun Factory: 2.0 mi
- Little Bean's Cherokee Village: 2.1 mi
- Rusk: 2.1 mi
- Mount Hope: 4.8 mi
- Reagan Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Pryor Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Bradford Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Rusk Baseball Complex: 3.3 mi
- Jim Hogg State Park: 3.8 mi
- I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 4.5 mi
- I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 8.3 mi
- Lake Jacksonville Park: 10.2 mi
- New Birmingham: 4.5 mi
- Lone Star: 13.8 mi
- Weeping Mary: 14.2 mi
- Jarvis: 15.3 mi
- Morrill: 16.1 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 2.5 mi
- McDonald Museum: 19.0 mi
- Bullard History Museum: 24.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Cherokee County Northbound Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 11.8 mi
- Steven Bennett Park: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | E 83° | 221 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | ESE 118° | 214 m | 7.1 mi |
| Flower Mountain | E 97° | 211 m | 22.6 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | S 179° | 210 m | 5.5 mi |
| Gray Mountain | NW 312° | 209 m | 16.9 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | WNW 291° | 207 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Hope | WSW 254° | 206 m | 4.8 mi |
| Snow Mountain | NNW 348° | 201 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:54 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rusk, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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