Mount Sterling
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. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
132 named places within 25 miles
- Presidio Nuestra Senora de Los Dolores: 1.3 mi
- Mt. Hope Cemetery: 5.9 mi
- Homer-Alto Road: 6.0 mi
- Town of Douglass: 6.2 mi
- San Patricio Rancho: 6.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Chronister: 8.2 mi
- Wildhurst: 8.5 mi
- Morrill: 10.4 mi
- Durant: 11.5 mi
- Weeping Mary: 16.0 mi
- Nacogdoches Railroad Depot: 13.6 mi
- Old University Building: 14.1 mi
- The Stone Fort Museum: 14.4 mi
- Museum of East Texas: 18.8 mi
- Texas Forestry Museum: 19.1 mi
- Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi
- Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 14.8 mi
- Angelina College Roadrunner: 22.1 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 23.5 mi
- Tonkawa Spring: 24.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | N 6° | 221 m | 18.0 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | NW 317° | 214 m | 16.7 mi |
| Flower Mountain | NNE 20° | 211 m | 13.5 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | WNW 299° | 210 m | 20.2 mi |
| Gibson Mountain | WNW 298° | 199 m | 18.0 mi |
| Jones Mountain | WNW 295° | 199 m | 19.3 mi |
| Reagan Mountain | WNW 301° | 199 m | 20.0 mi |
| Carter Mountain | NW 320° | 196 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:53 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:44 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lufkin 11 NW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12452340291
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