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Texas Monument

Texas Monument, a historic site in Georgia
Texas Monument, a historic site in GeorgiaRiis2602 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Texas Monument is a historic site in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 236 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is King Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.7 miles off.

The story

Park in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49569765, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
236 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.92699, -85.25639

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frank Gleason Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Honor Park: 1.3 mi
  • Gilbert-Stephenson Park: 1.6 mi
  • Rossville Park: 3.7 mi
  • Rossville Recreational Area: 3.8 mi
Peaks
  • Snodgrass Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Boynton Ridge: 3.4 mi
  • Dailey Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Happy Top: 4.5 mi
  • Beaumont Mountain: 6.9 mi
Historic sites: 53
Attractions: 33
Cliffs: 25
Waterfalls: 22
  • High Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 6.4 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 6.4 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 6.5 mi
  • Lula Falls 100: 6.6 mi
Museums: 17
Nature reserves: 12
Springs: 9
  • Crawfish Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Straight Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Obar Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Wright Mineral Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Texas Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSW647 m10.4 mi
Suck Creek MountainNNW625 m20.3 mi
Round KnobNNW601 m16.9 mi
Buck KnobNNW595 m20.1 mi
Fox MountainSW584 m21.3 mi
Elder MountainNNW569 m14.6 mi
Pigeon MountainSSW566 m20.7 mi
Raccoon MountainNW563 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:53
June solstice06:2820:2120:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5517:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451596774787772614942
Precip in5.65.15.04.74.64.25.14.54.23.64.45.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chickamauga PK Larc, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358765800

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