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Valera Cemetery

Valera Cemetery from directly overhead

Valera Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 550 m. Bald Knob stands 700 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard A. Pauley, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 29 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

The story

cemetery in Coleman County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117522246, matched on coordinates and name (184 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1996
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.73898, -99.54747

78 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 13
  • Bead Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Santa Anna Mountains: 13.0 mi
  • Robinson Peak: 13.8 mi
  • Speck Mountain: 20.0 mi
  • Jim Ned Peak: 21.5 mi
Parks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Graham and Jean Bevel Community Garden: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area US-84 US-283: 11.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNW 325°700 m23.9 mi
Chandlers PeakNNW 334°650 m21.7 mi
Jim Ned PeakNNW 338°640 m21.5 mi
Robinson PeakN 10°632 m13.8 mi
Bead MountainW 280°603 m2.2 mi
Santa Anna MountainsE 87°589 m13.0 mi
Red KnobENE 62°489 m21.8 mi
Barefoot MountainsENE 62°489 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1819:50
June solstice06:3420:1220:47
September equinox07:2719:0419:36
December solstice07:3517:0217:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454957647279828275665447
Precip in1.21.72.01.93.63.71.92.32.82.81.91.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hords Creek DAM, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12402905134

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