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Old Mounds Cemetery

Old Mounds Cemetery from directly overhead

Old Mounds Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 456 m. Big Mound stands 522 m to the north-northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mound, a peak 2.2 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
2007
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates34.15276, -99.59687

65 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 11
  • Little Mound: 2.2 mi
  • Third Mound: 2.5 mi
  • Medicine Mounds: 2.9 mi
  • Cedar Mound: 3.1 mi
  • Big Mound: 3.5 mi
Parks: 7
  • Copper Breaks State Park: 8.9 mi
  • Quanah City Park: 12.5 mi
  • Vernon City Park / Orbison Park: 17.0 mi
  • Allingham Park: 17.2 mi
  • Christine Lyday Park: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 3
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Boiling Spring: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MoundNNW 329°522 m3.5 mi
Hepsidam HillWNW 292°510 m22.6 mi
Cedar MoundNNW 329°506 m3.1 mi
Dixie MoundSW 223°498 m17.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 239°494 m14.2 mi
Third MoundNNW 330°489 m2.5 mi
Flat TopNNW 327°488 m9.1 mi
Little MoundNNW 330°476 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:50
June solstice06:2820:1720:54
September equinox07:2719:0419:37
December solstice07:4116:5517:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424555637381868576645243
Precip in1.01.11.72.43.53.91.92.82.52.31.81.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Breaks SP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12403610155

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