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Keeter Cemetery

Keeter Cemetery from directly overhead

Keeter Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 260 m. Slipdown Mountain stands 415 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is New Hope Cemetery & New Hope Baptist Church, a historic site 3.6 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 10 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

cemetery in Wise County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117508994, matched on coordinates and name (26 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1993
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.03933, -97.61083

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Wise Park: 6.2 mi
  • Optimist Gazeebo Park: 6.4 mi
  • Aurora Ballpark: 6.5 mi
  • Newark Ball Field: 7.1 mi
  • Delora Doughty Royal Park: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 27
Peaks: 26
  • Reno Peak: 5.1 mi
  • Burton Knob: 8.4 mi
  • Pat Dick Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Tater Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Indian Knob: 10.4 mi
Museums: 25
Attractions: 13
  • Chimney Swift Tower: 21.2 mi
  • Wildhorse Golf Club: 22.4 mi
  • Pearls Dance Hall: 22.9 mi
  • Cowtown Coliseum Rodeo: 23.1 mi
  • Livestock Exchange Building: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Buchanan Springs: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slipdown MountainWSW 249°415 m18.7 mi
Indian KnobSW 234°387 m10.4 mi
Wampler HillW 278°377 m22.7 mi
Skeen PeakWSW 255°373 m11.6 mi
Two Bush KnobW 272°373 m24.0 mi
Armstrong MountainWNW 284°365 m19.7 mi
Ball Knob HillN 356°361 m23.5 mi
Bald KnobWSW 250°359 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1019:42
June solstice06:2320:0720:43
September equinox07:1918:5619:29
December solstice07:3016:5117:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454856647381858477665547
Precip in2.12.53.73.24.94.42.52.63.64.12.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12454150111

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