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Cowboy Cemetery

Cowboy Cemetery from directly overhead

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. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 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

Coordinates31.34416, -99.11890

88 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
  • Packsaddle Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Round Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Round Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Lost Mountain: 7.8 mi
  • Cat Knob: 8.0 mi
Parks: 15
  • 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
Picnic sites: 5
  • Sheltered Table: 19.8 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 19.8 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 19.8 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 19.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • HOT Museum: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Corn Creek HillsSW 234°597 m8.2 mi
Table Top MountainWSW 248°592 m14.2 mi
Bryson HillSSW 208°528 m16.6 mi
Brady MountainSSE 152°508 m18.4 mi
Round MountainW 272°503 m5.7 mi
Lost MountainNW 312°496 m7.8 mi
Krueger HillNNE 17°485 m23.1 mi
Lost PointNW 315°481 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1619:48
June solstice06:3320:0920:45
September equinox07:2519:0319:35
December solstice07:3217:0217:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657380838376675648
Precip in1.31.72.32.13.82.92.12.22.82.71.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brady, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12452339217

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