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Mount Sterling

Mount Sterling from directly overhead

Mount Sterling is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Presidio Nuestra Senora de Los Dolores, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 9.9 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1936
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates31.57744, -94.88857
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks: 31
  • Lake Nacogdoches West Park: 3.1 mi
  • Lake Nacogdoches East Side Park: 4.0 mi
  • SH 7 Angelina River Public Access (TXDOT): 7.4 mi
  • Goyen Memorial: 10.5 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 13.3 mi
Peaks: 23
  • The Island: 10.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 13.2 mi
  • Flower Mountain: 13.5 mi
  • Graveyard Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Carter Mountain: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Angelina College Roadrunner: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tonkawa Spring: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Button MountainN 6°221 m18.0 mi
Bradford MountainNW 317°214 m16.7 mi
Flower MountainNNE 20°211 m13.5 mi
Pryor MountainWNW 299°210 m20.2 mi
Gibson MountainWNW 298°199 m18.0 mi
Jones MountainWNW 295°199 m19.3 mi
Reagan MountainWNW 301°199 m20.0 mi
Carter MountainNW 320°196 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5919:31
June solstice06:1619:5320:28
September equinox07:0918:4619:18
December solstice07:1616:4417:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475157647278818176665548
Precip in4.54.04.24.04.64.22.83.83.94.84.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lufkin 11 NW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12452340291

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