Tarver's Ferry
Tarver's Ferry is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Underwood Mountain stands 204 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Coffeeville, C. S. A., a historic site 2.3 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 10 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Jackson's Lookout · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Coffeeville, C. S. A.: 2.3 mi
- Camp Talley: 2.3 mi
- Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Site of Old Spearman's Ferry: 4.4 mi
- Riley Cemetery: 5.4 mi
- City Park: 2.7 mi
- Martin Luther King Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
- Ore City Local Park: 3.3 mi
- Pine Hollow Park: 3.4 mi
- Oak Valley Park: 3.8 mi
- Buzzard Roost Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Brown Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Holiday Hill: 4.8 mi
- Helms Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Camp Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Historic Upshur Museum: 15.4 mi
- Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum: 16.7 mi
- North East Texas Rural Heritage Museum, Farmsted: 17.9 mi
- Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum: 17.9 mi
- Museum of Measurement & Time: 22.4 mi
- Coffeeville: 2.6 mi
- Center Point: 10.5 mi
- Kelsey: 20.9 mi
- Corinth: 22.9 mi
- Colonel L.P. Featherstone Memorial statue: 3.3 mi
- Served with Honor: 24.1 mi
- Port Jefferson History & Nature Center: 22.6 mi
- Garland P Ferguson Park: 24.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.7 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tarver's Ferry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Mountain | WSW 239° | 204 m | 17.9 mi |
| East Mountain | SSW 208° | 200 m | 19.0 mi |
| Tidwell Mountain | SW 216° | 191 m | 18.3 mi |
| West Mountain | SW 215° | 191 m | 19.4 mi |
| Simpson Mountain | SW 235° | 188 m | 14.2 mi |
| Camp Mountain | SW 226° | 187 m | 6.3 mi |
| Howell Mountain | WNW 283° | 185 m | 9.8 mi |
| Gilmont Lookout | WSW 253° | 184 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 | 16:40 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12454129376
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