Site of Fort Fitzhugh
Site of Fort Fitzhugh is a historic site in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 223 m. McCracken Mound stands 343 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Terrapin Hill, a peak 2.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail runs past it. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Park in Cooke County, Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49562055, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 223 m
How to reach it
- On the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Keneteso Park: 2.7 mi
- Jaycee Park: 2.9 mi
- Edison Park: 3.4 mi
- Tom Thumb Park: 3.4 mi
- Depot Park: 3.6 mi
- Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School: 2.9 mi
- Gainesville State School: 3.1 mi
- Davis House: 3.4 mi
- The Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862: 3.5 mi
- Bailey, Joseph Weldon: 3.5 mi
- Vintage Gulf Gas Station: 3.6 mi
- Animal Encounters: 3.8 mi
- African Spurred Tortoise: 3.8 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 3.8 mi
- Black-Tailed Prairie Dog: 3.8 mi
- Terrapin Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mount Olive: 8.0 mi
- Three Mounds: 18.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 22.0 mi
- Flattop Peak: 22.2 mi
- Sante Fe Depot Museum: 3.6 mi
- Morton Museum of Cooke County: 3.6 mi
- Explorium: 22.9 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 24.4 mi
- Love County Historical Society: 24.6 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 3.7 mi
- Butterfield Stagecoach statue: 3.7 mi
- Armed Forces memorial: 3.7 mi
- Myra Baptist Church Bell: 12.2 mi
- Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville: 8.4 mi
- Oklahoma Welcome Center: 13.3 mi
- Marysville: 18.5 mi
- Sivells Bend: 19.7 mi
- White Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Tyler Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 24.3 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 12.4 mi
- Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Fort Fitzhugh. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCracken Mound | W 270° | 343 m | 23.5 mi |
| Peak Hill | N 3° | 294 m | 23.6 mi |
| Three Mounds | NNW 333° | 290 m | 18.5 mi |
| Flattop Peak | N 3° | 286 m | 22.2 mi |
| Brushy Mound | NNE 24° | 264 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Olive | SSE 167° | 255 m | 8.0 mi |
| Blue Mound | SSW 194° | 244 m | 22.0 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | SSW 209° | 232 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:06 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 44 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville 5 ENE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/484502869
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