Bosque County
Bosque County is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Long Point stands 415 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lions Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail runs past it. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Lakes Trail
- 19.3 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Bosque County Courthouse: 0.6 mi
- General Alison Nelson: 0.7 mi
- Dr. Russell Daniel Holt: 0.7 mi
- Martha Mabray Randal: 0.7 mi
- Lumpkin-Woodruff House: 0.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 3.9 mi
- Brown Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Kay Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Golden Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Arrs Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Lions Park: 0.4 mi
- Meridian Park: 0.5 mi
- Olsen Park: 9.7 mi
- City Park: 10.3 mi
- Dahl Park: 10.4 mi
- Edwin Olsen Railroad Museum: 10.4 mi
- Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum & Golden Age Gallery of Art: 10.6 mi
- Bosque Museum: 10.7 mi
- Walnut Springs City Museum: 11.0 mi
- Whitney museum: 20.3 mi
- Bee Bluff: 13.4 mi
- White Bluff: 16.1 mi
- High Point: 16.7 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Hendrick Arnold Bluff: 17.2 mi
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 10.5 mi
- Welcome to Walnut Springs: 11.1 mi
- The Giant U: 21.9 mi
- Historic Barnards Mill: 22.5 mi
- Historic Glen Rose: 22.7 mi
- Pendell: 15.7 mi
- Brazos Point: 18.9 mi
- Fairy: 19.3 mi
- Greenock: 21.4 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 21.9 mi
- Serenity Point: 17.3 mi
- Billy the Kid Statue: 22.0 mi
- Tyrannosaurus rex: 24.6 mi
- Apatosaurus: 24.6 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 23.6 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 23.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Glen Rose Bird Sanctuary: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bosque County. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Point | WSW 256° | 415 m | 20.1 mi |
| Twin Mountains | WSW 249° | 411 m | 20.8 mi |
| Lone Mountain | WSW 245° | 396 m | 19.0 mi |
| Cutoff Mountain | SW 234° | 391 m | 20.6 mi |
| Chalk Mountain | NW 320° | 390 m | 23.6 mi |
| Paul Mountain | SW 235° | 373 m | 15.8 mi |
| Stroud Mountain | SW 232° | 373 m | 16.6 mi |
| Jackson Hill | WSW 248° | 372 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:54 | 17:31 |
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 | 46 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitney DAM, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12395124041
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