Lone Star
Lone Star is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 4.0 miles off. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
ghost town in Cherokee County, Texas, United States
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
130 named places within 25 miles
- Dr. William Reuben Tennison: 3.5 mi
- New Summerfield Methodist Church: 3.9 mi
- Ponta: 4.4 mi
- Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church South Cemetery: 5.9 mi
- Monte Verdi Family Slaves: 10.5 mi
- Rock Hill: 2.1 mi
- Gill Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Quinn Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Rocky Point: 12.1 mi
- Beard Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Jim Hogg State Park: 11.5 mi
- Rusk Baseball Complex: 12.0 mi
- Nichols' Green Park: 12.5 mi
- Buckner Park: 12.9 mi
- Nellie Crim Park: 13.1 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 12.8 mi
- Depot Museum: 20.1 mi
- Bullard History Museum: 21.0 mi
- New Birmingham: 13.4 mi
- Etna: 21.6 mi
- Morrill: 24.9 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 2.6 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 13.8 mi
- Cherokee County Northbound Rest Area: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lone Star. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | SE 127° | 221 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | S 191° | 214 m | 14.1 mi |
| Flower Mountain | SE 135° | 211 m | 18.9 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | SSW 209° | 210 m | 18.3 mi |
| Gray Mountain | W 272° | 209 m | 21.5 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | WSW 245° | 207 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Hope | SW 229° | 206 m | 18.0 mi |
| Snow Mountain | NW 310° | 201 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 19:54 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:44 | 17:21 |
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, 12 mi away.
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