Weeping Mary Community
Weeping Mary Community is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Weeping Mary, a ghost town 0.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 5.3 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
The story
Ghost town in Cherokee County, Texas.
Wikidata Q7979583, matched on coordinates and name (216 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2008
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
111 named places within 25 miles
- Zebulon Pike Campsite: 0.4 mi
- Neches Indian Village: 0.4 mi
- Mound Prairie: 0.4 mi
- Site of the Mission San Francisco De Los Tejas: 1.2 mi
- Lynches Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery: 2.8 mi
- Fowler Hill: 3.6 mi
- Collins Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Sunshine Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Big Hill: 5.7 mi
- Henry White Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Mission Tejas State Park: 5.9 mi
- Rusk Baseball Complex: 14.1 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Payne Home: 14.3 mi
- Jim Hogg State Park: 14.4 mi
- I.D. Fairchild State Forest: 15.8 mi
- Weeping Mary: 0.1 mi
- Morrill: 5.5 mi
- Chronister: 9.4 mi
- Wildhurst: 9.6 mi
- New Birmingham: 12.4 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 14.2 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 23.1 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Weeping Mary Community. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | NE 47° | 221 m | 24.3 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | NNE 22° | 214 m | 11.6 mi |
| Flower Mountain | ENE 61° | 211 m | 23.4 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | NNW 348° | 210 m | 8.8 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | NNW 331° | 207 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Hope | NNW 333° | 206 m | 14.4 mi |
| Casey Mountain | NNW 338° | 200 m | 21.6 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NNW 346° | 199 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 19:54 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rusk, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12402928605
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