Craft Baptist Church
Craft Baptist Church is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is First United Methodist Church of Jacksonville, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 15 miles off. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Historic place in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110025120, matched on coordinates and name (62 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2008
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
140 named places within 25 miles
- First United Methodist Church of Jacksonville: 1.5 mi
- Annie Ella (McCallum) Ault: 1.9 mi
- First Baptist Church of Jacksonville: 3.2 mi
- Lon Morris College: 3.4 mi
- Nan Travis Memorial Hospital: 3.4 mi
- Casey Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Rocky Point: 6.1 mi
- Ghent Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Luker Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Gill Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Nichols' Green Park: 1.8 mi
- Lake Jacksonville Park: 3.1 mi
- Baseball and Soccer Complex: 3.1 mi
- Buckner Park: 3.3 mi
- Bolton Park: 3.3 mi
- Lone Star: 12.0 mi
- New Birmingham: 12.2 mi
- Etna: 16.1 mi
- Jarvis: 16.6 mi
- Weeping Mary: 22.7 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 10.1 mi
- McDonald Museum: 15.9 mi
- Bullard History Museum: 16.0 mi
- Kathleen C Fitzgerald Museum: 18.2 mi
- Howard House Museum: 25.0 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 8.6 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 11.5 mi
- Steven Bennett Park: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Craft Baptist Church. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | ESE 104° | 221 m | 23.2 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | SE 141° | 214 m | 14.6 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | SSE 168° | 210 m | 14.0 mi |
| Gray Mountain | WNW 288° | 209 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | SW 220° | 207 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Hope | S 191° | 206 m | 9.6 mi |
| Snow Mountain | N 352° | 201 m | 14.0 mi |
| Casey Mountain | WSW 238° | 200 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:55 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:44 | 17:22 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12402870474
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