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Welch Cemetery

Welch Cemetery from directly overhead

Welch Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church & Cemetery, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 14 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

cemetery in Rusk County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117605360, matched on coordinates and name (26 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1981
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.06161, -94.66988

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 17
  • Greems Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Hog Mountain: 9.5 mi
  • Sirls Mountain: 12.6 mi
  • Stonewall Hill: 13.1 mi
  • The Sand Hills: 16.5 mi
Parks: 15
  • Smith Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
  • Montgomery: 9.4 mi
  • Fair Park: 9.5 mi
  • Yates Park: 9.7 mi
  • Lanevile Park: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 24.0 mi
  • R E St John Memorial Stadium: 24.6 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tonkawa Spring: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Button MountainSW 215°221 m19.0 mi
Flower MountainSSW 201°211 m22.3 mi
Quinn MountainWSW 250°190 m18.4 mi
Sirls MountainSW 217°189 m12.6 mi
Denny MountainSSW 209°188 m21.0 mi
Hollow Rock MountainSE 136°172 m24.7 mi
Greems MountainSE 133°167 m5.5 mi
Beard MountainSW 216°160 m22.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5819:31
June solstice06:1419:5320:29
September equinox07:0818:4519:17
December solstice07:1616:4217:19

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657380838377675649
Precip in4.14.14.64.44.74.83.43.63.84.24.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Henderson, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971419053

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