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Pioneer Rest Cemetery

Pioneer Rest Cemetery from directly overhead

Pioneer Rest Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 580 m. Round Hill stands 713 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ditch Walk Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Forts Trail runs past it. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

The story

Cemetery in Menard County, Texas, United States.

Wikidata Q117569871, matched on coordinates and name (19 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1973
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates30.91032, -99.78845

52 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 7
  • Ditch Walk Park: 0.4 mi
  • American Legion Park: 0.5 mi
  • Low Water Bridge Park: 0.6 mi
  • Menard River Park: 0.7 mi
  • Presidio de San Saba: 1.2 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Little Racetrack Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Hyman Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Round Hill: 17.4 mi
  • Target Hill: 19.6 mi
  • Cutoff Mountain: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Walton Spring: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round HillWNW713 m17.4 mi
Target HillWSW690 m19.6 mi
Hyman HillENE647 m10.2 mi
Little Racetrack MountainNNE637 m3.8 mi
Cutoff MountainESE595 m23.3 mi
Haystack MountainESE586 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1919:51
June solstice06:3720:1120:46
September equinox07:2819:0519:37
December solstice07:3417:0617:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647278818174655446
Precip in1.11.42.12.03.43.11.62.02.22.51.81.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Menard, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12452333861

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