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Trees Cemetery

Trees Cemetery from directly overhead

Trees Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Bethel Cemetery, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 14 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

cemetery in Dallas County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117580307, matched on coordinates and name (112 m apart).

What the record says

Built
2001
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates32.63034, -96.92673

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Penn Springs Historical Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lions Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sugarberry Park: 1.4 mi
  • Waterview Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rotary Park: 1.4 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens: 58
Museums: 49
  • International Museum of Cultures: 1.4 mi
  • Cedar Hill Museum of History: 2.8 mi
  • Fred and Barbara Clark Telling Restoration Hangar: 5.0 mi
  • Commemorative Air Force Headquarters: 5.0 mi
  • Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Peaks: 4
  • Chalk Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Murray Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Poverty Knob: 18.4 mi
  • Mount Donwell: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Cedar Bluff: 2.8 mi
  • Red Bluff: 12.6 mi
  • Bluff Overlook: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Hawkins Spring: 10.3 mi
  • McKamy Spring: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lynn Creek Park Beach: 6.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • SoPac Trail Rest Area: 18.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DonwellNW 324°218 m24.6 mi
Poverty KnobWSW 242°216 m18.4 mi
Murray HillW 274°209 m16.2 mi
Chalk HillNNE 15°202 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:40
June solstice06:2120:0320:39
September equinox07:1718:5319:26
December solstice07:2716:4917:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057657280848578675648
Precip in2.73.03.83.74.74.22.32.43.15.03.23.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JOE Pool Lake, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12403582259

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