Jonesboro
Jonesboro is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 294 m. Vista Mountain stands 472 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Jonesboro Methodist Church, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 8.0 miles off. 137 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
unincorporated community on border of Coryell and Hamilton Counties in Texas, United States
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 20.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
137 named places within 25 miles
- Jonesboro Methodist Church: 0.0 mi
- Wood Cemetery: 2.6 mi
- Site of the Ireland School: 6.2 mi
- Purmela Baptist Church: 10.5 mi
- St. Olaf Lutheran Church: 11.4 mi
- Craig Hill: 9.4 mi
- Cutoff Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Stroud Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Cranfills Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Cranfills Gap City Park: 11.4 mi
- Raby Park: 14.8 mi
- Hamilton Park: 15.1 mi
- Faunt Le Roy Park: 15.1 mi
- Pecan Creek Park: 15.6 mi
- Coryell County Museum: 14.5 mi
- Hamilton County Historical Museum: 15.9 mi
- Bosque Museum: 20.4 mi
- Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum & Golden Age Gallery of Art: 21.2 mi
- Edwin Olsen Railroad Museum: 21.2 mi
- High Point: 8.8 mi
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jonesboro. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Mountain | WSW 256° | 472 m | 21.2 mi |
| Chaney Point | W 270° | 461 m | 24.0 mi |
| West Point | W 262° | 449 m | 19.7 mi |
| Little Round Mountain | WSW 254° | 444 m | 19.4 mi |
| Fletchers Point | SW 234° | 415 m | 16.3 mi |
| Long Point | NNW 336° | 415 m | 17.4 mi |
| Twin Mountains | NNW 332° | 411 m | 14.9 mi |
| Blue Ridge | W 280° | 410 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:05 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:56 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatesville, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
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