Oldest Home in Jacksonville
Oldest Home in Jacksonville is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Pine Mountain stands 231 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacksonville's Public Square, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 15 miles off. 153 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
The story
Historic place in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110023705, matched on coordinates and name (296 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1965
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
153 named places within 25 miles
- Jacksonville's Public Square: 0.2 mi
- Nan Travis Memorial Hospital: 0.3 mi
- Lon Morris College: 0.4 mi
- Sea Scouts Ship 400: 0.4 mi
- Sweet Union Baptist Church: 0.5 mi
- Bolton Park: 0.4 mi
- Love Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Nellie Crim Park: 1.0 mi
- Buckner Park: 1.0 mi
- Lincoln Park: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 4.0 mi
- Casey Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Luker Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Tater Hill: 7.2 mi
- Gray Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Bullard History Museum: 12.7 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 13.6 mi
- McDonald Museum: 14.7 mi
- Kathleen C Fitzgerald Museum: 15.0 mi
- Howard House Museum: 24.5 mi
- Etna: 12.7 mi
- Lone Star: 13.9 mi
- New Birmingham: 15.7 mi
- Jarvis: 17.3 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 12.0 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 13.9 mi
- Fairy Garden Trail: 24.8 mi
- Steven Bennett Park: 23.5 mi
- Davey Dogwood Park: 24.4 mi
- Fine Arts Complex: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oldest Home in Jacksonville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | W 269° | 231 m | 24.6 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | SE 142° | 214 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | SSE 163° | 210 m | 17.3 mi |
| Gray Mountain | W 272° | 209 m | 7.6 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | SSW 196° | 207 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Hope | S 179° | 206 m | 12.3 mi |
| Snow Mountain | N 1° | 201 m | 11.1 mi |
| Casey Mountain | SSW 195° | 200 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:55 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:44 | 17:22 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12402928619
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