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Confederate Training Camp

Confederate Training Camp from directly overhead

Confederate Training Camp is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Sam Houston Speeches, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 12 miles off. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1984
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.79028, -95.15588

133 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 40
  • Reagan Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Bradford Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Pryor Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Gibson Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Round Mountain: 6.5 mi
Parks: 21
  • Rusk Baseball Complex: 1.4 mi
  • Jim Hogg State Park: 2.0 mi
  • I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 6.6 mi
  • Nichols' Green Park: 11.9 mi
  • Lake Jacksonville Park: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Museums: 2
Attractions: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Button MountainE221 m18.0 mi
Bradford MountainESE214 m5.0 mi
Flower MountainE211 m20.5 mi
Pryor MountainSSW210 m5.2 mi
Gray MountainNW209 m18.9 mi
Ghent MountainWNW207 m10.0 mi
Mount HopeW206 m6.7 mi
Snow MountainNNW201 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0019:33
June solstice06:1619:5420:30
September equinox07:1018:4719:19
December solstice07:1716:4517:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057647279818277675649
Precip in4.44.34.54.04.64.53.43.33.74.74.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rusk, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12402928612

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