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Balch Cemetery

Balch Cemetery from directly overhead

Balch Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Caddo Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Alvarado School, Church and Union Building, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 13 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

cemetery in Johnson County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117690511, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1996
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates32.40459, -97.21503

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heritage Park: 0.2 mi
  • Parkway Park: 0.3 mi
  • George Washington Carver Park: 0.4 mi
  • Moore Park: 1.2 mi
  • Stonegate Park: 1.4 mi
Gardens: 28
Museums: 27
  • Alvarado Heritage Center Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Hopps Museum and Welcome Center: 6.5 mi
  • Dinosaur Science Museum and Research Center: 6.6 mi
  • Gone With the Wind Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Layland Museum: 10.7 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Grandview: 9.5 mi
  • Cleburne Heritage Monument: 10.4 mi
  • 1933 Central Texas Bus Line Depot: 10.6 mi
  • Welcome to Historic Cleburne: 10.6 mi
  • How Do You Stack Up?: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 16
  • ATSF 999457: 10.5 mi
  • The Spirit of Cleburne: 11.0 mi
  • Penn Farm Agricultural Heritage Center: 20.2 mi
  • Main Event Entertainment: 22.1 mi
  • Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis District Office: 22.1 mi
Peaks: 10
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Springs: 4
Beaches: 1
  • Lynn Creek Park Beach: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Caddo PeakWNW 295°303 m12.4 mi
Brushy KnobWNW 286°303 m12.8 mi
Barnard KnobW 260°292 m24.9 mi
Berry KnobWSW 253°285 m24.3 mi
Brushy MoundNW 323°275 m12.9 mi
Turkey PeakNW 320°266 m12.3 mi
Brushy KnobSSW 203°232 m16.9 mi
Bee MountainSW 223°232 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0819:41
June solstice06:2320:0420:40
September equinox07:1818:5519:27
December solstice07:2716:5117:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647280838477665547
Precip in2.32.63.63.04.23.52.22.33.14.42.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burleson, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12438052648

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