Cox Cemetery
Cox Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 430 m. Hog Mountains stands 585 m to the west, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pendergrass Cemetery, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 5.5 miles off. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
The story
Cemetery in Comanche County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q117652036, matched on coordinates and name (56 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1977
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
122 named places within 25 miles
- Pendergrass Cemetery: 0.7 mi
- Community of Sidney: 1.0 mi
- T. O. Moore: 7.1 mi
- Mollie E. Moore: 7.1 mi
- Comanche County: 7.4 mi
- Comanche City Park: 7.4 mi
- Copperas Creek Park: 13.0 mi
- Promontory Park: 13.8 mi
- High Point Park: 14.3 mi
- Sowell Creek Park: 15.2 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Long Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Star Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Hog Mountains: 8.2 mi
- Salt Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Comanche County Museum: 4.8 mi
- Terrill Antique Car Museum: 15.4 mi
- Brown County Museum of History: 22.1 mi
- Martin & Frances Lehnis Railroad Musuem: 22.3 mi
- Dublin Bottling Works: 23.9 mi
- Longhorn Cattle Statue: 7.9 mi
- Muse Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Jim's vegetable garden: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cox Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Mountains | W 265° | 585 m | 8.2 mi |
| Star Mountain | WSW 242° | 577 m | 6.6 mi |
| Coyote Peak | WNW 304° | 571 m | 21.8 mi |
| Long Mountain | SSE 158° | 562 m | 3.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSE 151° | 554 m | 2.3 mi |
| Salt Mountain | SW 230° | 550 m | 8.9 mi |
| Spur Mountain | S 173° | 549 m | 17.2 mi |
| Long Pompey Mountain | SSE 168° | 537 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:15 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:09 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:58 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Proctor Rsvr, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12403574603
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