Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School
Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 222 m. Gordon Mountain stands 393 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Jaycee Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2006
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Davis House: 0.5 mi
- Potter-Hurley House: 0.6 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Gainesville: 0.7 mi
- Cooke County Free Library: 0.7 mi
- City Hall-Fire Station, Old: 0.7 mi
- Jaycee Park: 0.5 mi
- Keneteso Park: 0.6 mi
- Depot Park: 0.8 mi
- Farmers Market: 0.9 mi
- Leonard Park: 0.9 mi
- Vintage Gulf Gas Station: 0.8 mi
- Animal Encounters: 0.8 mi
- African Spurred Tortoise: 0.8 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 0.8 mi
- Black-Tailed Prairie Dog: 0.9 mi
- Terrapin Hill: 4.4 mi
- Mount Olive: 10.7 mi
- Three Mounds: 15.7 mi
- Flattop Peak: 20.2 mi
- Peak Hill: 21.5 mi
- Morton Museum of Cooke County: 0.7 mi
- Sante Fe Depot Museum: 0.8 mi
- Love County Historical Society: 22.3 mi
- Love County Military Museum: 22.4 mi
- Artillery Museum: 22.6 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 0.8 mi
- Butterfield Stagecoach statue: 0.8 mi
- Armed Forces memorial: 0.8 mi
- Myra Baptist Church Bell: 9.9 mi
- Anti-Aircraft Gun: 22.7 mi
- White Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Tyler Bluff: 20.0 mi
- Rock Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville: 5.6 mi
- Oklahoma Welcome Center: 10.9 mi
- Marysville: 15.5 mi
- Sivells Bend: 17.0 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 15.1 mi
- Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Mountain | WNW 292° | 393 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount View | WNW 294° | 393 m | 24.6 mi |
| Tadlock Hill | W 269° | 362 m | 24.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mound | W 265° | 356 m | 24.9 mi |
| Jack Mound | W 263° | 348 m | 23.7 mi |
| McCracken Mound | W 264° | 343 m | 21.7 mi |
| Peak Hill | N 8° | 294 m | 21.5 mi |
| Three Mounds | NNW 336° | 290 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 44 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville 5 ENE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403574647
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