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Medicine Mound

Medicine Mound from directly overhead

Medicine Mound is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 454 m. Big Mound stands 522 m to the west-northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is W. P. A. Sanitation Project, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

unincorporated community in Hardeman County, Texas, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates34.18786, -99.59453

63 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 11
  • Little Mound: 1.4 mi
  • Third Mound: 1.4 mi
  • Medicine Mounds: 1.7 mi
  • Cedar Mound: 1.7 mi
  • Big Mound: 2.0 mi
Parks: 7
  • Copper Breaks State Park: 10.0 mi
  • Quanah City Park: 10.8 mi
  • Vernon City Park / Orbison Park: 17.3 mi
  • Allingham Park: 17.3 mi
  • Christine Lyday Park: 17.5 mi
Attractions: 3
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Medicine Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MoundWNW 287°522 m2.0 mi
Hepsidam HillWNW 286°510 m21.9 mi
Cedar MoundW 277°506 m1.7 mi
Dixie MoundSW 218°498 m19.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSW 231°494 m15.7 mi
Third MoundW 259°489 m1.4 mi
Flat TopNW 316°488 m7.3 mi
Little MoundWSW 248°476 m1.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:50
June solstice06:2820:1720:54
September equinox07:2719:0419:37
December solstice07:4116:5517:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424555637381868576645243
Precip in1.01.11.72.43.53.91.92.82.52.31.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Breaks SP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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