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Bethel Cemetery

Bethel Cemetery from directly overhead

Bethel Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ebenezer Cemetery, a historic site 2.5 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 8.2 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

cemetery in Rusk County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117635294, matched on coordinates and name (22 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2010
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.07609, -94.78437

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
  • Montgomery: 4.5 mi
  • Smith Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
  • Fair Park: 5.1 mi
  • Yates Park: 5.5 mi
  • Lake Forest Park: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Sirls Mountain: 11.1 mi
  • Greems Mountain: 11.8 mi
  • Quinn Mountain: 12.9 mi
  • Rock Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Hog Mountain: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 7
Museums: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tonkawa Spring: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Button MountainSSW 194°221 m17.1 mi
Flower MountainS 184°211 m21.8 mi
Quinn MountainSW 235°190 m12.9 mi
Sirls MountainS 184°189 m11.1 mi
Denny MountainS 190°188 m19.7 mi
Gill MountainWSW 248°181 m20.3 mi
Greems MountainESE 114°167 m11.8 mi
Beard MountainSSW 199°160 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5919:31
June solstice06:1419:5320:29
September equinox07:0818:4519:17
December solstice07:1716:4217:19

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657380838377675649
Precip in4.14.14.64.44.74.83.43.63.84.24.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Henderson, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971432722

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