Mount Pleasant Colored School
Mount Pleasant Colored School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 353 m. Slipdown Mountain stands 415 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Love Street Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 0.7 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2018
- Material
- aluminium
- Inscription
- Built in 1919 on a site donated in 1886 by J.R. Couts, the Weatherford Colored School was the only African American School in the city. The school, which was renamed Mount Pleasant Colored School in 1936, was a two-room brick building. An additional frame
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
- 17.8 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Love Street Park: 0.1 mi
- Chandor Trails: 0.2 mi
- Cherry Park: 0.5 mi
- Vine Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Soldier Springs Park: 0.7 mi
- R. W. Kindel House: 0.5 mi
- First Baptist Church: 0.6 mi
- First National Bank of Weatherford: 0.6 mi
- Governor S.W.T. Lanham: 0.6 mi
- Woolfolk-McCall House: 0.6 mi
- Oyster Hill: 0.6 mi
- Joe Bell Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Tater Nob: 8.3 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 8.5 mi
- Chattanooga Hill: 9.0 mi
- Historic Downtown Weatherford: 0.7 mi
- Parker County Peach Festival: 0.7 mi
- Life is Peachy: 1.0 mi
- Greetings from Mineral Wells: 17.9 mi
- RS4606: 22.6 mi
- Chandor Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Clark Gardens: 12.9 mi
- Meditation Garden: 13.6 mi
- Contemplation Garden: 13.6 mi
- Reflection Garden: 13.6 mi
- Vintage Car Museum: 0.9 mi
- Museum of the Americas: 0.9 mi
- Doss Heritage and Culture Center: 1.8 mi
- National Vietnam War Museum: 13.6 mi
- Heritage Museum: 17.4 mi
- Milliken Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Stephens Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Hicks Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Conway Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 19.1 mi
- State park swim beach: 13.9 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 20.2 mi
- Advance, Texas: 14.5 mi
- Agnes, Texas: 15.4 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 22.3 mi
- Acton Nature Center: 23.9 mi
- Acton Tabernacle: 22.5 mi
- Main Event Entertainment: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Pleasant Colored School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slipdown Mountain | NNW 335° | 415 m | 14.3 mi |
| Indian Knob | NNE 13° | 387 m | 13.8 mi |
| Skeen Peak | N 1° | 373 m | 16.5 mi |
| Two Bush Knob | NNW 328° | 373 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 320° | 359 m | 15.2 mi |
| Double Mountain | SW 228° | 359 m | 24.1 mi |
| Oyster Hill | SE 127° | 351 m | 0.6 mi |
| Robinson Mountain | WSW 251° | 346 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:07 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:52 | 17:30 |
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 | 44 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weatherford, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10928761374
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