Mountain Home
Mountain Home is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 220 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Jim Hogg State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 9.7 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
131 named places within 25 miles
- James Stephen Hogg and Cherokee County: 1.3 mi
- Gregg Family Home: 1.4 mi
- Dr. I. K. Frazier Home: 1.5 mi
- Rusk Footbridge: 1.6 mi
- Bachelor Girl's Library Club: 1.7 mi
- Bradford Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Reagan Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Carter Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Pryor Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 7.6 mi
- Jim Hogg State Park: 0.3 mi
- Rusk Baseball Complex: 0.8 mi
- I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 8.4 mi
- Nichols' Green Park: 11.9 mi
- Lake Jacksonville Park: 12.6 mi
- New Birmingham: 2.4 mi
- Lone Star: 11.3 mi
- Weeping Mary: 14.7 mi
- Morrill: 15.2 mi
- Jarvis: 19.2 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 1.8 mi
- McDonald Museum: 22.7 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 3.9 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 8.9 mi
- Cherokee County Northbound Rest Area: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mountain Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | E 83° | 221 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | SSE 148° | 214 m | 4.5 mi |
| Flower Mountain | E 100° | 211 m | 18.8 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | SSW 212° | 210 m | 7.1 mi |
| Gray Mountain | WNW 303° | 209 m | 19.7 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | WNW 282° | 207 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Hope | WSW 258° | 206 m | 8.7 mi |
| Snow Mountain | NNW 338° | 201 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:54 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rusk, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12402870476
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