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Mount Pleasant Colored School

Mount Pleasant Colored School from directly overhead

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

Coordinates32.75650, -97.81014

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 26
  • 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
Artworks: 13
  • 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
Gardens: 12
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 22.3 mi
  • Acton Nature Center: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Acton Tabernacle: 22.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slipdown MountainNNW 335°415 m14.3 mi
Indian KnobNNE 13°387 m13.8 mi
Skeen PeakN 1°373 m16.5 mi
Two Bush KnobNNW 328°373 m23.7 mi
Bald KnobNW 320°359 m15.2 mi
Double MountainSW 228°359 m24.1 mi
Oyster HillSE 127°351 m0.6 mi
Robinson MountainWSW 251°346 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:2420:0720:43
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:3016:5217:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444856647280848376655446
Precip in2.02.63.02.74.43.91.92.63.23.83.02.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weatherford, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10928761374

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