Mizpah Gate
Mizpah Gate is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 284 m. Brushy Knob stands 303 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hopps Museum and Welcome Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 13 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Historic place in Keene, Johnson County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110025415, matched on coordinates and name (3 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2009
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Callicott Student Park: 0.4 mi
- Elisa Carver Park: 0.8 mi
- Carver Park: 3.8 mi
- John P. Bradshaw Park: 4.3 mi
- Lake Park: 4.4 mi
- ATM: 0.4 mi
- Keene Cemetery: 0.7 mi
- Pioneer Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Memorial to Carl Johnston: 0.7 mi
- Oliver Perry Arnold (1826-1905): 1.9 mi
- Hopps Museum and Welcome Center: 0.0 mi
- Dinosaur Science Museum and Research Center: 0.1 mi
- Layland Museum: 4.8 mi
- Cleburne Railroad Museum: 4.8 mi
- Lowell Smith Sr. History Center: 4.8 mi
- Guinn Garden at Buffalo Creek: 5.1 mi
- Iris Garden: 6.6 mi
- Fire Station 16 Memorial Garden: 8.9 mi
- elizabeth crockett butterfly Garden: 19.8 mi
- Lake Park Neighborhood Entrance: 20.0 mi
- Cleburne Heritage Monument: 3.9 mi
- 1933 Central Texas Bus Line Depot: 4.7 mi
- Welcome to Historic Cleburne: 4.8 mi
- Shannon's Wings: 4.8 mi
- How Do You Stack Up?: 4.9 mi
- ATSF 999457: 4.6 mi
- The Spirit of Cleburne: 5.3 mi
- Main Event Entertainment: 20.2 mi
- Rogers-O'Daniel House: 22.3 mi
- Elephant: 22.6 mi
- Brushy Knob: 7.1 mi
- Caddo Peak: 7.6 mi
- Turkey Peak: 10.0 mi
- Poverty Knob: 10.3 mi
- Brushy Mound: 10.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Broke Rock: 17.8 mi
- Bluff Mills: 18.4 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 19.5 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Old City Spring: 5.0 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 15.1 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 15.2 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 21.1 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Acton Nature Center: 19.8 mi
- Canoe Docks: 18.9 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 23.6 mi
- Acton Tabernacle: 21.5 mi
- Brazos Point: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mizpah Gate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Knob | NW 305° | 303 m | 7.1 mi |
| Caddo Peak | NW 321° | 303 m | 7.6 mi |
| Barnard Knob | WSW 258° | 292 m | 18.4 mi |
| Berry Knob | WSW 249° | 285 m | 18.0 mi |
| Brushy Mound | N 353° | 275 m | 10.9 mi |
| Turkey Peak | N 352° | 266 m | 10.0 mi |
| Bee Mountain | SSW 211° | 232 m | 20.5 mi |
| Poverty Knob | NE 43° | 216 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:51 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleburne, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13971387740
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