Ripley Massacre
Ripley Massacre is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Stivers Hill stands 194 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gray Rock Cemetery, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 13 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1986
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Jackson's Lookout · 29 mi
99 named places within 25 miles
- Gray Rock Cemetery: 1.9 mi
- Winfield Cemetery: 2.7 mi
- The Wright-Vaughan House: 4.0 mi
- Rutherford Drugstore: 4.1 mi
- First Baptist Church of Mount Vernon: 4.1 mi
- The Square: 4.1 mi
- Little Creek Park: 4.3 mi
- Mount Vernon Sports Complex: 4.6 mi
- Franklin County Sports Complex: 5.4 mi
- Cypress Creek Park: 7.4 mi
- Old Fire Station Museum: 4.1 mi
- Cotton Belt Depot Museum: 4.2 mi
- Mid America Flight Museum: 12.0 mi
- Talco Historical Museum: 13.0 mi
- North East Texas Rural Heritage Museum, Farmsted: 16.5 mi
- Stivers Hill: 18.9 mi
- Robertson Hill: 20.5 mi
- Stockbridge Knoll: 22.2 mi
- Hardison Mound: 22.3 mi
- Whiteoak Knoll: 22.4 mi
- Center Point: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ripley Massacre. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stivers Hill | SSW 194° | 194 m | 18.9 mi |
| Wilks Mountain | SE 134° | 152 m | 24.7 mi |
| Robertson Hill | NW 317° | 116 m | 20.5 mi |
| Stockbridge Knoll | NE 43° | 86 m | 22.2 mi |
| Hardison Mound | NE 47° | 86 m | 22.3 mi |
| Pigpen Knoll | NE 44° | 86 m | 22.6 mi |
| Whiteoak Knoll | NE 49° | 84 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:57 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:40 | 17:18 |
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 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Vernon, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12403612686
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