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Nine Flags of Nacogdoches

Nine Flags of Nacogdoches from directly overhead

Nine Flags of Nacogdoches is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Nacogdoches Federal Building / Post Office, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forest Trail runs past it. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

city in and county seat of Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q970482, matched on coordinates and name (764 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2008
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.60305, -94.65509

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Eugenia Stern Park: 0.3 mi
  • Banita Creek Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.7 mi
  • Blount Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pecan Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks: 11
  • The Island: 10.6 mi
  • Flower Mountain: 14.2 mi
  • Denny Mountain: 17.3 mi
  • Beard Mountain: 19.7 mi
  • Button Mountain: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tonkawa Spring: 15.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Angelina College Roadrunner: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Button MountainNW 324°221 m19.9 mi
Flower MountainNW 320°211 m14.2 mi
Carter MountainWNW 292°196 m24.8 mi
Sirls MountainNNW 339°189 m23.2 mi
Denny MountainNW 320°188 m17.3 mi
Hollow Rock MountainNE 50°172 m21.4 mi
Beard MountainNW 314°160 m19.7 mi
Bennett MountainNE 42°159 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5819:31
June solstice06:1519:5220:27
September equinox07:0818:4519:17
December solstice07:1516:4317:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657380838377675649
Precip in4.54.24.54.04.54.12.93.74.14.34.44.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nacogdoches, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12452340296

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