Cooke County, C.S.A./2nd Frontier Regiment
Cooke County, C.S.A./2nd Frontier Regiment 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 Moffett Park, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1964
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Moffett Park: 0.0 mi
- Cooke County: 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
- Military Macaw: 0.2 mi
- Leonard Park: 0.2 mi
- Medal of Honor Park: 0.2 mi
- Farmers Market: 0.4 mi
- Depot Park: 0.8 mi
- Tom Thumb Park: 1.3 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: 9.1 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: 14.4 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, C.S.A./2nd Frontier Regiment. 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 | 24.2 mi |
| Jack Mound | W 261° | 348 m | 23.0 mi |
| McCracken Mound | W 262° | 343 m | 21.0 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/12403574637
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