Site of Old Spearman's Ferry
Site of Old Spearman's Ferry is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Underwood Mountain stands 204 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Star Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 7.3 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1966
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Jackson's Lookout · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Bluff Cemetery: 2.0 mi
- Riley Cemetery: 3.2 mi
- Tarver's Ferry: 4.4 mi
- Old Coffeeville, C. S. A.: 5.5 mi
- Camp Talley: 5.5 mi
- Lone Star Park: 0.4 mi
- Oak Valley Park: 6.4 mi
- Daingerfield State Park: 7.1 mi
- City Park: 7.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Memorial Park: 7.7 mi
- Buzzard Roost Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Fowler Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Holiday Hill: 4.7 mi
- Helms Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Couch Mountain: 5.0 mi
- North East Texas Rural Heritage Museum, Farmsted: 15.9 mi
- Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum: 16.0 mi
- Historic Upshur Museum: 18.2 mi
- Mid America Flight Museum: 19.7 mi
- Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum: 19.8 mi
- Coffeeville: 6.1 mi
- Center Point: 7.8 mi
- Kelsey: 23.1 mi
- Corinth: 23.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.1 mi
- Port Jefferson History & Nature Center: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Old Spearman's Ferry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Mountain | SW 229° | 204 m | 20.7 mi |
| East Mountain | SSW 204° | 200 m | 23.1 mi |
| Tidwell Mountain | SSW 209° | 191 m | 22.2 mi |
| West Mountain | SSW 209° | 191 m | 23.2 mi |
| Cusseta Mountains | NE 38° | 191 m | 23.3 mi |
| Simpson Mountain | SW 223° | 188 m | 17.3 mi |
| Camp Mountain | SSW 208° | 187 m | 10.0 mi |
| Howell Mountain | WSW 257° | 185 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 19:55 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:39 | 17:17 |
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 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Daingerfield 9 S, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12452340278
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