Head of Elm (Saint Jo)
Head of Elm (Saint Jo) is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 349 m. Blue Mound stands 395 m to the west-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is St Jo Downtown Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 23 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1972
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Stonewall Saloon: 0.0 mi
- Town of Saint Jo: 0.2 mi
- Head of Elm Cemetery: 0.3 mi
- The Phillips House: 0.5 mi
- Muenster: 8.8 mi
- The Stonewall Saloon Museum: 0.0 mi
- World's Largest Bowie Knife: 20.5 mi
- Reeves' Muntjac: 21.7 mi
- Swamp Wallaby: 21.7 mi
- Geoffroy's Cat: 21.7 mi
- Gordon Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Mount View: 4.2 mi
- Blue Mound: 6.4 mi
- Tadlock Hill: 6.6 mi
- Dye Mound: 7.2 mi
- St Jo Downtown Park: 0.0 mi
- Boggess Park: 0.3 mi
- Mary Beckman Davis Downtown Park: 13.4 mi
- Enid Justin City Park: 13.5 mi
- Weldon Robb Park: 13.9 mi
- Marysville: 12.0 mi
- Illinois Bend: 13.0 mi
- Spanish Fort: 18.7 mi
- Belcherville: 19.3 mi
- Sivells Bend: 20.2 mi
- Anti-Aircraft Gun: 0.1 mi
- Myra Baptist Church Bell: 13.0 mi
- Armed Forces memorial: 22.2 mi
- Butterfield Stagecoach statue: 22.2 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 22.2 mi
- Artillery Museum: 0.1 mi
- Horton Classic Car Museum: 13.5 mi
- Morton Museum of Cooke County: 22.3 mi
- Sante Fe Depot Museum: 22.5 mi
- Tyler Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Rock Bluff: 9.9 mi
- White Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville: 20.7 mi
- Oklahoma Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Head of Elm (Saint Jo). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | WSW 258° | 395 m | 6.4 mi |
| Jim Ned Lookout | SW 228° | 394 m | 8.5 mi |
| Gordon Mountain | N 355° | 393 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount View | N 351° | 393 m | 4.2 mi |
| Dye Mound | SW 227° | 388 m | 7.2 mi |
| Newby Mound | SSW 209° | 368 m | 8.6 mi |
| Brushy Mound | WSW 253° | 363 m | 23.7 mi |
| Tadlock Hill | SSW 200° | 362 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:08 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
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 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonita 7NW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13971409423
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