Cherokee Chief Bowles
Cherokee Chief Bowles is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Tater Hill Mountain stands 234 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is New Harmony Baptist Church, a historic site 2.6 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 8.2 miles off. 12 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
- 8.2 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
- 22.8 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- New Harmony Baptist Church: 2.6 mi
- County Line Missionary Baptist Church: 2.7 mi
- Wood-Verner Cemetery: 5.2 mi
- First Baptist Church of Edom: 6.1 mi
- Edom Methodist Church: 6.3 mi
- Chandler River Park: 7.3 mi
- Winchester Park: 7.9 mi
- Pool Park: 8.7 mi
- Lindale Baseball-Softball Complex: 9.2 mi
- Brownsboro City Park: 9.5 mi
- Mount Sinai: 7.1 mi
- Jennings Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Todd Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Greer Hill: 15.6 mi
- Cooper Mountain: 18.5 mi
- Historic Aviation Memorial Museum: 7.3 mi
- Tyler Rose Garden Center & Rose Museum: 11.8 mi
- Van Area Oil and Historical Museum: 11.9 mi
- Goodman-LeGrand House: 12.7 mi
- Discovery Science Place: 12.8 mi
- Ben Wheeler: 11.6 mi
- Mars: 13.0 mi
- Clower: 14.2 mi
- Utica: 16.0 mi
- Corinth: 17.5 mi
- Van Zandt County Eastbound Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Van Zandt County Westbound Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Winona Westbound Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Winona Eastbound Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Mineola Nature Preserve on the Sabine River: 14.5 mi
- Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge: 18.5 mi
- Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center: 19.8 mi
- Tyler Rose Garden: 11.8 mi
- CCC Rock Dam: 13.4 mi
- Fine Arts Complex: 16.0 mi
- Canton Artestian Well: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cherokee Chief Bowles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill Mountain | SSW 203° | 234 m | 19.3 mi |
| Rock Hill | SSW 197° | 214 m | 24.7 mi |
| Jennings Mountain | SW 216° | 212 m | 11.1 mi |
| Sand Hill | W 265° | 207 m | 24.6 mi |
| Snow Mountain | SE 145° | 201 m | 24.3 mi |
| Starrville Mountain | E 82° | 196 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | SSW 200° | 192 m | 18.5 mi |
| Big Rock Top | W 263° | 187 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:57 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:44 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tyler Pounds FLD, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12454131553
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