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Mount Zion Cemetery

Mount Zion Cemetery from directly overhead

Mount Zion Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 389 m. Long Mountain stands 490 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Blanc School, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 10 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

cemetery in Burnet County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117559624, matched on coordinates and name (84 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1989
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.72754, -98.11228

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Panther Park: 3.2 mi
  • Johnnie Mae Wheeler Park: 3.6 mi
  • Live Oak Park: 6.6 mi
  • Wallace Riddell Park: 6.7 mi
  • Hamilton Creek Park: 7.2 mi
Peaks: 57
  • Buzzard Roost: 4.8 mi
  • North Peak: 7.3 mi
  • WildCat Mountain: 7.8 mi
  • Post Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Tater Hill: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Dancin': 22.0 mi
  • Wings: 22.0 mi
  • Balancing Apple: 22.0 mi
  • Ripples from a Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Sentinel: 22.0 mi
Springs: 11
  • Fourmile Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Trough Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Williams Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Persimmon Spring: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 8
  • Burnet County Historical Jail: 7.1 mi
  • Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 7.4 mi
  • Fort Croghan Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Interpretive Center: 12.7 mi
  • The Falls Museum: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Observation Tower: 14.6 mi
  • Dead Man's Hole: 16.5 mi
  • Texas paintball: 19.6 mi
  • World's Largest Spur: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainNW 312°490 m18.1 mi
Potato HillWNW 300°484 m11.2 mi
Lookout MountainNW 315°484 m20.4 mi
Round MountainSW 219°480 m24.3 mi
Packsaddle MountainWSW 253°478 m24.7 mi
Shovel MountainSSW 202°472 m21.3 mi
Post MountainWNW 282°462 m8.0 mi
Wolf HillNW 320°460 m22.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:44
June solstice06:3120:0420:39
September equinox07:2118:5919:31
December solstice07:2716:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677581848478695851
Precip in1.71.62.72.13.72.81.81.82.93.22.31.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnet Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12395281307

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