Duke Cemetery
Duke Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Caddo Peak stands 303 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is George Washington Carver Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 12 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
cemetery in Johnson County, Texas, United States
Wikidata Q117658197, matched on coordinates and name (35 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1998
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- George Washington Carver Park: 2.1 mi
- Heritage Park: 2.5 mi
- Parkway Park: 2.7 mi
- Moore Park: 2.9 mi
- Stonegate Park: 3.7 mi
- First Methodist Church: 2.3 mi
- Alvarado Masonic Lodge No. 314 A.F. & A.M.: 2.4 mi
- Outlaws Benjamin Bickerstaff and Josiah Thompson: 2.4 mi
- Alvarado: 2.4 mi
- Balch Cemetery: 2.4 mi
- Alvarado Heritage Center Museum: 2.5 mi
- Hopps Museum and Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
- Dinosaur Science Museum and Research Center: 8.5 mi
- Old Maypearl Depot: 11.1 mi
- Gone With the Wind Museum: 11.9 mi
- Grandview: 7.7 mi
- Welcome to Historic Cleburne: 11.9 mi
- 1933 Central Texas Bus Line Depot: 11.9 mi
- How Do You Stack Up?: 12.0 mi
- Wild Frontier, Trail Dust, And Rails: 12.1 mi
- Guinn Garden at Buffalo Creek: 12.3 mi
- Fire Station 16 Memorial Garden: 12.6 mi
- Iris Garden: 13.9 mi
- Wedding Garden: 17.2 mi
- Fish Creek Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Poverty Knob: 8.7 mi
- Turkey Peak: 14.7 mi
- Caddo Peak: 14.8 mi
- Brushy Knob: 15.0 mi
- Brushy Mound: 15.3 mi
- ATSF 999457: 11.8 mi
- The Spirit of Cleburne: 12.2 mi
- Penn Farm Agricultural Heritage Center: 20.3 mi
- Bruco, The Texas Italian Caterpillar: 20.9 mi
- Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis District Office: 23.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 19.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Broke Rock: 21.9 mi
- Bluff Mills: 23.3 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center: 20.1 mi
- Cedar Ridge Preserve: 21.8 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 23.0 mi
- Old City Spring: 12.3 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 13.9 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 20.5 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 20.6 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Duke Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo Peak | WNW 298° | 303 m | 14.8 mi |
| Brushy Knob | WNW 290° | 303 m | 15.0 mi |
| Brushy Mound | NW 321° | 275 m | 15.3 mi |
| Turkey Peak | NW 318° | 266 m | 14.7 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SSW 212° | 232 m | 16.3 mi |
| Poverty Knob | N 352° | 216 m | 8.7 mi |
| Murray Hill | N 356° | 209 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:51 | 17:28 |
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 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burleson, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12438052674
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