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First Anglo Settler in Wood County Martin Varner

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First Anglo Settler in Wood County Martin Varner is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Underwood Mountain stands 204 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Macedonia School, a historic site 1.6 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 7.9 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1975
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates32.65486, -95.34608

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Page Park: 4.6 mi
  • Mineola Civic Center and RV Park: 8.0 mi
  • Faulkner Park: 8.2 mi
  • 1888 Plaza: 8.4 mi
  • Peterson Park: 8.4 mi
Museums: 15
Peaks: 9
  • Greer Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Todd Mountain: 11.1 mi
  • Mount Sinai: 12.8 mi
  • Murphy Mountain: 13.2 mi
  • Peter Hayes Hill: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Gardens: 3
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Garland P Ferguson Park: 23.3 mi
  • Snavely Discovery Well: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • CCC Rock Dam: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Anglo Settler in Wood County Martin Varner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Underwood MountainE 79°204 m21.6 mi
Starrville MountainSE 138°196 m18.7 mi
Stivers HillNNE 21°194 m19.1 mi
Todd MountainSSE 164°185 m11.1 mi
Pinnacle MountainE 98°170 m15.7 mi
Mount SinaiSW 217°166 m12.8 mi
Peter Hayes HillE 90°137 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0119:33
June solstice06:1519:5720:33
September equinox07:1018:4719:20
December solstice07:2016:4317:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956637179828275655547
Precip in3.74.04.13.84.73.52.72.73.75.03.55.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5293256886

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