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Lynches Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery

Lynches Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery from directly overhead

Lynches Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fowler Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 6.3 miles off. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1985
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.63368, -95.17767

121 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
  • Fowler Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Collins Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Sunshine Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Smith Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Henry White Mountain: 4.0 mi
Parks: 18
  • Mission Tejas State Park: 7.0 mi
  • Rusk Baseball Complex: 11.8 mi
  • Jim Hogg State Park: 12.2 mi
  • I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 13.0 mi
  • Thomas Jefferson Payne Home: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Attractions: 2
Museums: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lynches Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Button MountainNE221 m23.6 mi
Bradford MountainNE214 m9.9 mi
Flower MountainENE211 m23.4 mi
Pryor MountainN210 m6.1 mi
Ghent MountainNNW207 m16.5 mi
Mount HopeNNW206 m11.6 mi
Casey MountainNNW200 m18.8 mi
Jones MountainN199 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0019:33
June solstice06:1719:5420:30
September equinox07:1018:4719:19
December solstice07:1716:4517:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057647279818277675649
Precip in4.44.34.54.04.64.53.43.33.74.74.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rusk, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971414049

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