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Mountain Springs School

Mountain Springs School from directly overhead

Mountain Springs School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Mount Olive stands 255 m to the west-southwest, 2.1 miles off. Texas Lakes Trail runs past it. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1976
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Getting there

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Coordinates33.48292, -97.04572

On the Texas Lakes Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites60

Parks

Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Pecan Creek Unit: 5.0 mi
Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Johnson Branch: 5.5 mi
Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Jordan Unit: 5.7 mi
Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Trail Corridor: 7.2 mi
Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Buck Creek Unit: 7.4 mi

Attractions43

Vintage Gulf Gas Station: 11.2 mi
Leopard Tortoise: 11.3 mi
Animal Encounters: 11.3 mi
African Spurred Tortoise: 11.3 mi
Ring-Tailed Lemur: 11.3 mi

Artworks22

Confederate Soldier Statue: 11.3 mi
Butterfield Stagecoach statue: 11.3 mi
Armed Forces memorial: 11.3 mi
Myra Baptist Church Bell: 18.3 mi
November Devil: 19.2 mi

Peaks7

Mount Olive: 2.1 mi
Terrapin Hill: 6.7 mi
Blue Mound: 17.1 mi
Monarch Hill: 22.0 mi
Bald Knob: 22.5 mi

Museums7

Sante Fe Depot Museum: 11.2 mi
Morton Museum of Cooke County: 11.2 mi
Explorium: 17.5 mi
Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 18.3 mi
Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 19.2 mi

Gardens5

Shiloh Field Community Garden: 17.7 mi
Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 18.2 mi
Bill Crouch Garden: 19.3 mi
Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 19.5 mi
Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 19.8 mi

Beaches2

Post Oak Beach: 5.1 mi
Little Elm Beach: 23.1 mi

Rest areas2

Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville: 16.0 mi
Oklahoma Welcome Center: 20.6 mi

Cliffs1

Shayhan Point: 22.7 mi

Nature reserves1

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: 22.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Olive	WSW 240°	255 m	2.1 mi
Pilot Knob	SSW 201°	253 m	24.6 mi
Blue Mound	SSW 211°	244 m	17.1 mi
Terrapin Hill	NW 314°	232 m	6.7 mi
Bald Knob	SSW 201°	207 m	22.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:33	19:07	19:40
June solstice	06:20	20:05	20:42
September equinox	07:17	18:54	19:26
December solstice	07:29	16:47	17:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	44	48	56	64	72	81	85	85	77	66	55	46

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pilot Point ISL DU BOI, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12403574652

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