Site of Sam Houston Speeches
Site of Sam Houston Speeches is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is First Presbyterian Church of Rusk, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 12 miles off. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1996
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
133 named places within 25 miles
- First Presbyterian Church of Rusk: 0.2 mi
- Norman Law Firm: 0.2 mi
- Cherokee County C.S.A.: 0.2 mi
- Site of the Union Hotel/Bracken House/Acme Hotel: 0.2 mi
- Old Bonner Bank Building: 0.2 mi
- Bradford Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Reagan Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Pryor Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Gibson Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Rusk Baseball Complex: 1.2 mi
- Jim Hogg State Park: 1.8 mi
- I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 6.8 mi
- Nichols' Green Park: 11.8 mi
- Lake Jacksonville Park: 11.9 mi
- New Birmingham: 2.4 mi
- Lone Star: 12.9 mi
- Weeping Mary: 13.6 mi
- Morrill: 14.8 mi
- Jarvis: 17.4 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 0.2 mi
- McDonald Museum: 21.3 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 2.3 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 10.6 mi
- Cherokee County Northbound Rest Area: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Sam Houston Speeches. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | E 80° | 221 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | SE 125° | 214 m | 5.0 mi |
| Flower Mountain | E 96° | 211 m | 20.3 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | SSW 203° | 210 m | 5.5 mi |
| Gray Mountain | NW 309° | 209 m | 18.9 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | WNW 289° | 207 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Hope | W 263° | 206 m | 6.9 mi |
| Snow Mountain | NNW 343° | 201 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:54 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:44 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rusk, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12402870498
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