Buckner Cemetery
Buckner Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Hill Methodist Cemetery, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 19 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
The story
Cemetery in Rusk County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q117664815, matched on coordinates and name (115 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2001
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
113 named places within 25 miles
- Pine Hill Methodist Cemetery: 1.3 mi
- Trammel's Trace: 3.0 mi
- Blossom Hill United Methodist Church: 3.3 mi
- Allison Chapel United Methodist Church: 5.1 mi
- Welch Cemetery: 5.1 mi
- Rosie Jones Park: 8.8 mi
- Fair Park: 11.5 mi
- Yates Park: 11.5 mi
- Smith Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
- Montgomery: 11.8 mi
- Greems Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Hog Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Stonewall Hill: 9.5 mi
- The Sand Hills: 11.4 mi
- Sirls Mountain: 17.6 mi
- Depot Museum: 11.7 mi
- Tatum on the Santa Fe Museum: 15.1 mi
- Texas Country Music Hall of Fame: 15.7 mi
- Panola County Historical Museum and Library: 15.8 mi
- Historic 1891 Panola County Jail & Museum: 15.9 mi
- R E St John Memorial Stadium: 24.1 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 24.1 mi
- Zen Kitchen: 24.8 mi
- Crim Theatre: 24.8 mi
- Texan Theater: 24.9 mi
- Pony Statue: 14.8 mi
- Jim Reeves Statue and Grave: 19.5 mi
- Graffiti wall: 24.6 mi
- Historic Coca-Cola Mural: 24.9 mi
- Mineral Springs: 14.3 mi
- Pulaski: 23.4 mi
- Tonkawa Spring: 19.4 mi
- Shoemaker Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Outdoor Zen Kicthen: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckner Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | SW 218° | 221 m | 23.9 mi |
| Quinn Mountain | WSW 245° | 190 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sirls Mountain | SW 220° | 189 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hollow Rock Mountain | SSE 148° | 172 m | 25.0 mi |
| Greems Mountain | S 179° | 167 m | 7.1 mi |
| Holland Mountain | NW 319° | 159 m | 20.6 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | SSE 146° | 159 m | 22.1 mi |
| Porter Hill | ESE 119° | 144 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:53 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:41 | 17:19 |
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 | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Henderson, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13971432721
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