Ghost town · Texas
Weeping Mary
Weeping Mary is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Weeping Mary Community, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 5.2 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Cherokee County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates31.59690, -95.15970
- 5.2 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Weeping Mary Community: 0.1 mi
- Neches Indian Village: 0.5 mi
- Zebulon Pike Campsite: 0.5 mi
- Mound Prairie: 0.5 mi
- Site of the Mission San Francisco De Los Tejas: 1.3 mi
Peaks: 30
- Fowler Hill: 3.5 mi
- Collins Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Sunshine Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Big Hill: 5.6 mi
- Henry White Mountain: 6.0 mi
Parks: 12
- Mission Tejas State Park: 5.8 mi
- Rusk Baseball Complex: 14.1 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Payne Home: 14.3 mi
- Jim Hogg State Park: 14.5 mi
- I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Morrill: 5.6 mi
- Chronister: 9.5 mi
- Wildhurst: 9.8 mi
- New Birmingham: 12.4 mi
- Jarvis: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 2
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 14.2 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 23.1 mi
Museums: 1
- Norman Memorial Museum: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Weeping Mary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | NE 47° | 221 m | 24.4 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | NNE 23° | 214 m | 11.7 mi |
| Flower Mountain | ENE 61° | 211 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | N 349° | 210 m | 8.7 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | NNW 332° | 207 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Hope | NNW 333° | 206 m | 14.3 mi |
| Casey Mountain | NNW 338° | 200 m | 21.6 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NNW 347° | 199 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 19:54 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
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, 15 mi away.
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