John Wesley Love Home
John Wesley Love Home is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Bradford Mountain stands 214 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Nellie Crim Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 15 miles off. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
Historic place in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110023739, matched on coordinates and name (289 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1982
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
144 named places within 25 miles
- Jacksonville Independent School District: 0.3 mi
- Site of First Free Public School: 0.3 mi
- Nan Travis Memorial Hospital: 0.6 mi
- Jacksonville's Public Square: 0.6 mi
- Sweet Union Baptist Church: 0.6 mi
- Nellie Crim Park: 0.2 mi
- Buckner Park: 0.5 mi
- Bolton Park: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.8 mi
- Love Street Park: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 3.3 mi
- Casey Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Luker Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Tater Hill: 8.0 mi
- Gray Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Bullard History Museum: 12.4 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 13.7 mi
- Kathleen C Fitzgerald Museum: 15.3 mi
- McDonald Museum: 15.5 mi
- Etna: 12.4 mi
- Lone Star: 13.3 mi
- New Birmingham: 15.8 mi
- Jarvis: 18.1 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 12.2 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 13.5 mi
- Fine Arts Complex: 24.1 mi
- Steven Bennett Park: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of John Wesley Love Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | SE 144° | 214 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | SSE 165° | 210 m | 17.6 mi |
| Gray Mountain | W 269° | 209 m | 8.2 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | SSW 199° | 207 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Hope | S 181° | 206 m | 12.8 mi |
| Snow Mountain | N 358° | 201 m | 10.6 mi |
| Casey Mountain | SSW 199° | 200 m | 5.9 mi |
| Reagan Mountain | SSE 164° | 199 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:55 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:44 | 17:22 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12402928621
Take the scenic way to John Wesley Love Home.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.