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Swift Cemetery

Swift Cemetery from directly overhead

Swift Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Bald Hill stands 111 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Trout Creek Cemetery, a historic site 3.1 miles away. Attakapas-Coushatta Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1988
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.57723, -93.78573

15.7 mi off the Attakapas-Coushatta Scenic Byway

Around it

38 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites21

Trout Creek Cemetery: 3.1 mi
Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church: 3.1 mi
Call Church of God in Christ: 4.3 mi
Kirbyville, Town of, Site of Town Lot Auction: 8.5 mi
Site of the First Kirbyville Church: 8.6 mi

Parks5

E O Siecke State Forest: 4.8 mi
Beauregard Old River Game and Fish Preserve: 13.8 mi
Alligator Park: 15.2 mi
Caney Creek Park: 18.6 mi
Tiger Stadium: 23.0 mi

Peaks4

High Hill: 13.9 mi
Bald Hill: 22.0 mi
Caney Head: 23.3 mi
Spring Hill: 23.9 mi

Cliffs4

Yellow Bluff: 17.2 mi
Oak Bluff: 17.7 mi
Peach Tree Point: 20.9 mi
Bear Mans Bluff: 21.7 mi

Ghost towns2

Belgrade: 10.4 mi
Princeton: 17.4 mi

Museums2

Merryville Historical Society and Museum: 19.0 mi
DeQuincy Railroad Museum: 22.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Swift Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Bald Hill	NNW 327°	111 m	22.0 mi
Spring Hill	NW 324°	69 m	23.9 mi
Caney Head	WSW 257°	37 m	23.3 mi
High Hill	SSE 161°	11 m	13.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:55	19:27
June solstice	06:14	19:46	20:21
September equinox	07:04	18:41	19:13
December solstice	07:09	16:43	17:19

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	51	54	60	66	74	79	81	81	77	68	58	52
Precip in	5.6	4.2	3.5	4.2	5.1	6.8	5.8	6.7	6.4	6.0	4.7	5.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orange 9 N, 24 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453442960

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