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Lyles-Sanders Cemetery

Lyles-Sanders Cemetery from directly overhead

Lyles-Sanders Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sirls Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 3.1 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

cemetery in Rusk County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117490989, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2008
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.91823, -94.78008

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
  • Lanevile Park: 4.4 mi
  • Lake Naconiche Park: 15.2 mi
  • Montgomery: 15.4 mi
  • Smith Memorial Park: 15.5 mi
  • Fair Park: 16.0 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Sirls Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Button Mountain: 7.1 mi
  • Denny Mountain: 9.3 mi
  • Beard Mountain: 10.7 mi
  • Flower Mountain: 11.0 mi
Museums: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tonkawa Spring: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 15.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Button MountainSW 218°221 m7.1 mi
Bradford MountainWSW 237°214 m21.1 mi
Flower MountainS 189°211 m11.0 mi
Carter MountainSW 231°196 m20.1 mi
Quinn MountainWNW 288°190 m11.3 mi
Sirls MountainW 260°189 m1.1 mi
Denny MountainSSW 204°188 m9.3 mi
Gill MountainW 280°181 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5919:31
June solstice06:1519:5320:29
September equinox07:0818:4519:17
December solstice07:1616:4317:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657380838377675649
Precip in4.14.14.64.44.74.83.43.63.84.24.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Henderson, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971432723

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