Cowboy Cemetery
Cowboy Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 440 m. Corn Creek Hills stands 597 m to the southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Packsaddle Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 7.2 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
Cemetery in McCulloch County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q117640914, matched on coordinates and name (96 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2001
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
79 named places within 25 miles
- Geographic Center of Texas: 4.5 mi
- Bowser Community: 9.2 mi
- Rochelle Depot: 9.7 mi
- Rochelle Cemetery: 9.9 mi
- First State Bank in Richland Springs: 11.4 mi
- Packsaddle Hill: 1.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Lost Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Cat Knob: 8.0 mi
- Corn Creek Hills: 8.2 mi
- Heart Of Texas Park: 4.2 mi
- Richland Springs City Park: 11.4 mi
- Soldiers Waterhole Historical Monument: 13.3 mi
- Camp Billy Gibbons: 15.5 mi
- Willie Washington Park: 19.6 mi
- HOT Museum: 19.3 mi
- Chimney Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Sheltered Table: 19.8 mi
- Pear Valley: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cowboy Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn Creek Hills | SW 234° | 597 m | 8.2 mi |
| Table Top Mountain | WSW 248° | 592 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bryson Hill | SSW 208° | 528 m | 16.6 mi |
| Brady Mountain | SSE 152° | 508 m | 18.4 mi |
| Lost Mountain | NW 312° | 496 m | 7.8 mi |
| Krueger Hill | NNE 17° | 485 m | 23.1 mi |
| Lost Point | NW 315° | 481 m | 9.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | ESE 103° | 473 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:16 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:33 | 20:09 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:03 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 17:02 | 17:39 |
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 | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brady, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12452339217
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