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Gail Cemetery

Gail Cemetery from directly overhead

Gail Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 773 m. Gail Mountain stands 886 m to the southwest, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Borden County Jail, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

The story

cemetery in Borden County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117605698, matched on coordinates and name (65 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2003
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.77746, -101.44022

39 named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 17
  • Red Bluffs: 11.3 mi
  • Cedar Point: 12.8 mi
  • Caprock Escarpment: 15.1 mi
  • Caprock Escarpment: 15.2 mi
  • Caprock Escarpment: 15.8 mi
Historic sites: 12
Peaks: 5
  • Gail Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Mushaway Peak: 4.3 mi
  • Hathaway Hill: 16.7 mi
  • West Gunsight Mountain: 18.2 mi
  • East Gunsight Mountain: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
  • Borden County Museum: 0.6 mi
Parks: 1
  • Bull Creek Park: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gail Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gail MountainSW 223°886 m1.6 mi
Mushaway PeakSSE 148°870 m4.3 mi
West Gunsight MountainS 181°818 m18.2 mi
East Gunsight MountainS 179°814 m18.3 mi
Hathaway HillE 86°793 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2519:58
June solstice06:3920:2120:58
September equinox07:3519:1119:44
December solstice07:4517:0717:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647379828174645345
Precip in0.60.71.11.42.52.42.02.72.51.81.30.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gail, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971393259

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