Cooke County
Cooke County is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Gordon Mountain stands 393 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooke County, C.S.A./2nd Frontier Regiment, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 176 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
The story
Library in Gainesville, Texas, United States.
Dates from 1963.
Wikidata Q48976754, matched on coordinates and name (612 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
176 named places within 25 miles
- Cooke County, C.S.A./2nd Frontier Regiment: 0.0 mi
- Moffett Park: 0.0 mi
- Gainesville War Memorial: 0.0 mi
- American Paint Horse Association: 0.1 mi
- Gainesville Community Circus: 0.2 mi
- Clouded Leopard: 0.2 mi
- Reeves' Muntjac: 0.2 mi
- Geoffroy's Cat: 0.2 mi
- Burmese Python: 0.2 mi
- Ring-Tailed Coati: 0.2 mi
- Medal of Honor Park: 0.2 mi
- Leonard Park: 0.2 mi
- Farmers Market: 0.4 mi
- Depot Park: 0.8 mi
- Tom Thumb Park: 1.2 mi
- Terrapin Hill: 5.4 mi
- Mount Olive: 11.7 mi
- Three Mounds: 14.7 mi
- Flattop Peak: 19.5 mi
- Peak Hill: 20.9 mi
- Armed Forces memorial: 0.5 mi
- Butterfield Stagecoach statue: 0.5 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 0.5 mi
- Myra Baptist Church Bell: 9.2 mi
- Anti-Aircraft Gun: 21.8 mi
- Morton Museum of Cooke County: 0.5 mi
- Sante Fe Depot Museum: 0.8 mi
- Love County Historical Society: 21.6 mi
- Love County Military Museum: 21.7 mi
- Artillery Museum: 21.7 mi
- White Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Tyler Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Rock Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Graveyard Bluff: 25.0 mi
- Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville: 4.7 mi
- Oklahoma Welcome Center: 10.2 mi
- Marysville: 14.5 mi
- Sivells Bend: 16.1 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 16.1 mi
- Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cooke County. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Mountain | WNW 291° | 393 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount View | WNW 293° | 393 m | 23.6 mi |
| Tadlock Hill | W 267° | 362 m | 23.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mound | W 263° | 356 m | 24.3 mi |
| Jack Mound | W 261° | 348 m | 23.0 mi |
| McCracken Mound | W 262° | 343 m | 21.1 mi |
| Peak Hill | N 10° | 294 m | 20.9 mi |
| Three Mounds | NNW 337° | 290 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 44 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville 5 ENE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403574635
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