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Joshua Foster Johnson

Joshua Foster Johnson from directly overhead

Joshua Foster Johnson is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Stivers Hill stands 194 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is The Wright-Vaughan House, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 15 miles off. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1973
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.18756, -95.21360

104 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • The Square: 0.5 mi
  • Little Creek Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Vernon Sports Complex: 1.3 mi
  • Franklin County Sports Complex: 2.3 mi
  • Walleye Park: 8.7 mi
Museums: 10
  • Old Fire Station Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Cotton Belt Depot Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Talco Historical Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Mid America Flight Museum: 15.5 mi
  • Winnesboro Station: 16.5 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Robertson Hill: 17.7 mi
  • Stivers Hill: 19.0 mi
  • Stockbridge Knoll: 24.5 mi
  • Hardison Mound: 24.7 mi
  • Whiteoak Knoll: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stivers HillS194 m19.0 mi
Robertson HillNW116 m17.7 mi
Stockbridge KnollNE86 m24.5 mi
Hardison MoundNE86 m24.7 mi
Pigpen KnollNE86 m24.9 mi
Whiteoak KnollNE84 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0019:33
June solstice06:1319:5720:34
September equinox07:1018:4619:19
December solstice07:2116:4017:18

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647280848376665547
Precip in3.43.74.54.15.14.23.23.13.64.73.94.7

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971409470

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