Stella Salmon Hill
Stella Salmon Hill is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Terrell Lodge No. 83, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 12 miles off. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1966
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
125 named places within 25 miles
- Terrell Lodge No. 83: 0.3 mi
- A. Frank Smith United Methodist Church: 0.3 mi
- Camp Alto, World War II Prisoner of War Camp: 1.0 mi
- Site of the Delaware Indian Village: 1.4 mi
- Site of Lacy's Fort: 1.7 mi
- Henry White Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Sunshine Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 4.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Gibson Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Rusk Baseball Complex: 10.7 mi
- Jim Hogg State Park: 10.8 mi
- Mission Tejas State Park: 12.1 mi
- Lake Nacogdoches West Park: 14.5 mi
- I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 15.4 mi
- Morrill: 4.2 mi
- Weeping Mary: 6.3 mi
- New Birmingham: 8.7 mi
- Chronister: 9.1 mi
- Wildhurst: 9.6 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 10.6 mi
- Nacogdoches Railroad Depot: 24.7 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 12.3 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stella Salmon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | NE 46° | 221 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | N 356° | 214 m | 6.9 mi |
| Flower Mountain | ENE 65° | 211 m | 17.3 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | NW 305° | 210 m | 8.1 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | NW 313° | 207 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Hope | NW 308° | 206 m | 14.4 mi |
| Casey Mountain | NW 321° | 200 m | 20.7 mi |
| Gibson Mountain | WNW 304° | 199 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:54 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:45 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12402928608
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