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Cook's Fort

Cook's Fort from directly overhead

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. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1936
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.75196, -95.13367
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks: 40
  • 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
Parks: 20
  • Rusk Baseball Complex: 3.3 mi
  • Jim Hogg State Park: 3.6 mi
  • I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 8.7 mi
  • I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 11.7 mi
  • Nichols' Green Park: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Rest areas: 2
Museums: 2
Attractions: 2
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Button MountainENE 70°221 m17.4 mi
Bradford MountainE 89°214 m3.0 mi
Flower MountainE 88°211 m19.1 mi
Pryor MountainWSW 236°210 m3.9 mi
Gray MountainNW 313°209 m21.6 mi
Ghent MountainWNW 301°207 m12.3 mi
Mount HopeWNW 285°206 m8.2 mi
Casey MountainNW 314°200 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0019:32
June solstice06:1619:5420:30
September equinox07:0918:4719:19
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12402928633

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