Historic site · Texas
Gunsight Community
Gunsight Community is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Gunsight Mountain stands 503 m to the south-southeast, 2.1 miles off. Texas Forts Trail passes 12 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1994
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
Coordinates32.54079, -98.87333
- 12.3 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Parks Camp: 8.5 mi
- Six Flags Over Texas Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Connellee-Majestic Theatre: 10.1 mi
- Camp Salmon, C.S.A.: 10.2 mi
- Eastland County Courthouse: 10.2 mi
Peaks: 39
- Gunsight Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Brown Pen Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Double mountain: 4.1 mi
- Maxwell Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.7 mi
Museums: 7
- Old Eastland County Jail & Museum: 10.0 mi
- Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum: 10.1 mi
- Eastland County Museum: 10.2 mi
- Conrad Hilton Center: 12.1 mi
- Museum of Aircraft Perservation: 12.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Eastland County Westbound Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- I-20 Westbound Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Parks: 5
- Six Flags Park: 9.9 mi
- Eastland City Park: 10.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 12.7 mi
- Cisco City Park: 13.3 mi
- Miller Park: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- La Casa: 11.5 mi
- Mangum: 15.3 mi
- Alameda, Texas: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 1
- Grimes Memorial Garden: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 1
- Ol' Rip: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 1
- Campbell's Tomato Soup: 10.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gunsight Community. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunsight Mountain | SSE 167° | 503 m | 2.1 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | WSW 239° | 494 m | 7.5 mi |
| Steal Easy Mountain | NE 47° | 482 m | 8.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | ESE 120° | 482 m | 24.4 mi |
| Double mountain | NW 315° | 476 m | 4.1 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SSW 198° | 475 m | 4.7 mi |
| Brown Pen Mountain | N 9° | 465 m | 3.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | SE 142° | 461 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:15 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:11 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:57 | 17:35 |
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 | 44 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastland, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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