Medicine Mound
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. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
unincorporated community in Hardeman County, Texas, United States
How to reach it
60 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Hardeman County Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
- Red River Valley Museum: 15.8 mi
- Foard County Museum: 15.9 mi
- Fire Hall Museum: 15.9 mi
- Permian Sea Tide Ripples: 10.2 mi
- Historic Windmill: 10.5 mi
- Dark Sky Viewing Area: 10.5 mi
- Acme: 15.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.3 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mound | WNW 287° | 522 m | 2.0 mi |
| Hepsidam Hill | WNW 286° | 510 m | 21.9 mi |
| Cedar Mound | W 277° | 506 m | 1.7 mi |
| Dixie Mound | SW 218° | 498 m | 19.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 231° | 494 m | 15.7 mi |
| Third Mound | W 259° | 489 m | 1.4 mi |
| Flat Top | NW 316° | 488 m | 7.3 mi |
| Little Mound | WSW 248° | 476 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:17 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:55 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 73 | 81 | 86 | 85 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Breaks SP, 10 mi away.
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