Cook's Fort
Cook's Fort is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 152 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is C.S.A. Prisoner of War Compound, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 12 miles off. 129 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
129 named places within 25 miles
- Bradford Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Reagan Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Gibson Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Pryor Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Rusk Baseball Complex: 3.3 mi
- Jim Hogg State Park: 3.6 mi
- I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 8.7 mi
- Nichols' Green Park: 14.9 mi
- Lake Jacksonville Park: 14.9 mi
- New Birmingham: 1.7 mi
- Weeping Mary: 10.8 mi
- Morrill: 11.7 mi
- Lone Star: 15.0 mi
- Chronister: 16.7 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 3.1 mi
- McDonald Museum: 23.3 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 4.8 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 12.6 mi
- Cherokee County Northbound Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cook's Fort. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | ENE 70° | 221 m | 17.4 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | E 89° | 214 m | 3.0 mi |
| Flower Mountain | E 88° | 211 m | 19.1 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | WSW 236° | 210 m | 3.9 mi |
| Gray Mountain | NW 313° | 209 m | 21.6 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | WNW 301° | 207 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Hope | WNW 285° | 206 m | 8.2 mi |
| Casey Mountain | NW 314° | 200 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:54 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rusk, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12402928633
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