Center Point
Center Point is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Underwood Mountain stands 204 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilks Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
ghost town in Camp County, Texas
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Jackson's Lookout · 8 mi
140 named places within 25 miles
- Riley Cemetery: 5.2 mi
- Iron Bluff Cemetery: 7.1 mi
- Morris County: 7.7 mi
- Daingerfield, C. S. A.: 7.7 mi
- Site of Chapel Hill College: 7.7 mi
- Daingerfield City Park: 7.7 mi
- Witness Park: 8.0 mi
- Lone Star Park: 8.1 mi
- Pilgrim Plaza: 8.1 mi
- Pendergrass Park: 8.3 mi
- Wilks Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Couch Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Massey Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Pat Miller Hill: 4.7 mi
- Helms Mountain: 4.7 mi
- North East Texas Rural Heritage Museum, Farmsted: 8.2 mi
- Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum: 8.3 mi
- Mid America Flight Museum: 12.3 mi
- Historic Upshur Museum: 17.5 mi
- Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum: 19.5 mi
- Coffeeville: 10.2 mi
- Kelsey: 20.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 23.7 mi
- Willow Bluff: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Center Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Mountain | SSW 207° | 204 m | 19.5 mi |
| Stivers Hill | W 261° | 194 m | 23.4 mi |
| Tidwell Mountain | S 190° | 191 m | 23.5 mi |
| West Mountain | S 191° | 191 m | 24.5 mi |
| Simpson Mountain | SSW 197° | 188 m | 17.1 mi |
| Camp Mountain | S 171° | 187 m | 12.7 mi |
| Howell Mountain | SSW 206° | 185 m | 6.7 mi |
| Gilmont Lookout | SSW 194° | 184 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 19:55 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:40 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Daingerfield 9 S, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
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