Love's Lookout
Love's Lookout is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Tater Hill Mountain stands 234 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherokee County Northbound Rest Area, a rest area less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forest Trail passes 13 miles off. 161 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
The story
Park in Cherokee County, Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49519718, matched on coordinates and name (144 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1978
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
161 named places within 25 miles
- Cuney: 3.4 mi
- Fred Douglass School: 3.7 mi
- Jackson Smith: 4.1 mi
- Killough Massacre Burial Site: 4.1 mi
- Judge H.T. Brown: 4.2 mi
- Love's Lookout Park: 0.0 mi
- Lincoln Park: 3.6 mi
- Love Street Park: 4.1 mi
- Nellie Crim Park: 4.4 mi
- Buckner Park: 4.8 mi
- Rocky Point: 3.1 mi
- Snow Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Jim Beard Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Gray Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Luker Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Bullard History Museum: 8.0 mi
- Kathleen C Fitzgerald Museum: 13.4 mi
- McDonald Museum: 17.0 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 18.0 mi
- Tyler Museum of Art: 21.0 mi
- Etna: 8.1 mi
- Lone Star: 15.1 mi
- New Birmingham: 20.0 mi
- Jarvis: 21.3 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 15.9 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 16.6 mi
- Fine Arts Complex: 19.8 mi
- Tyler Rose Garden: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Love's Lookout. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill Mountain | WNW 292° | 234 m | 22.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 258° | 231 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | SSE 149° | 214 m | 22.3 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | SSE 166° | 210 m | 22.0 mi |
| Gray Mountain | WSW 238° | 209 m | 8.6 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | S 189° | 207 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Hope | S 178° | 206 m | 17.1 mi |
| Snow Mountain | N 4° | 201 m | 6.3 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 | 17:21 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12402870473
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