Fort Houston Cemetery
Fort Houston Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Pine Mountain stands 231 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Houston, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 2.4 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Cemetery in Anderson County, Texas, United States.
Wikidata Q117596387, matched on coordinates and name (163 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1985
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
113 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Houston: 1.0 mi
- Site of Knox Glass Company Plant: 1.1 mi
- Westwood United Methodist Church: 1.2 mi
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church: 1.9 mi
- Pilgrim Hill Baptist Church: 1.9 mi
- Camp Hill: 7.1 mi
- Flint Hill: 13.6 mi
- Daly Mountain: 13.7 mi
- Rocky Point: 14.6 mi
- Pine Mountain: 16.0 mi
- Larry Street Park: 1.8 mi
- Willie Myers Park: 2.0 mi
- Gillispie Park: 2.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Centennial Park: 2.7 mi
- City Lake Park: 3.0 mi
- Steven Bennett Park: 4.1 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Park: 4.4 mi
- Davey Dogwood Park: 4.5 mi
- Lakeview Assembly: 5.3 mi
- Howard House Museum: 3.4 mi
- McDonald Museum: 13.4 mi
- Kathleen C Fitzgerald Museum: 23.9 mi
- Fairy Garden Trail: 4.2 mi
- Jarvis: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Houston Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | N 351° | 231 m | 16.0 mi |
| Rock Hill | N 3° | 214 m | 23.5 mi |
| Gray Mountain | NE 41° | 209 m | 21.9 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | ENE 68° | 207 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Hope | E 80° | 206 m | 22.8 mi |
| Casey Mountain | ENE 62° | 200 m | 23.6 mi |
| Camp Hill | ESE 109° | 199 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bowman Mountain | NE 56° | 197 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 19:56 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:49 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:47 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palestine 2 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395065416
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