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Willow Grove Community Cemetery

Willow Grove Community Cemetery from directly overhead

Willow Grove Community Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. King Mountain stands 283 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Speegleville Baptist Church, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 1.5 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Cemetery in McLennan County, Texas, United States.

Wikidata Q117578073, matched on coordinates and name (30 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built: 2005
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

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Coordinates31.55060, -97.30340

1.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
21.4 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Speegleville Park II: 3.9 mi
Hog Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
Woodway Activity Park: 4.7 mi
Koehne Park: 5.1 mi
Airport Park: 5.4 mi

Historic sites59

Speegleville Baptist Church: 1.3 mi
Bosque River Crossing of the 1841 Texan Santa Fe Expedition: 4.0 mi
Central Presbyterian Church: 6.0 mi
Central Christian Church of Waco: 6.0 mi
Congregation Agudath Jacob: 6.2 mi

Museums14

Lee Lockwood Library and Museum: 8.7 mi
Texas Scottish Rite Museum: 8.7 mi
Red Men Hall: 9.0 mi
Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast: 9.8 mi
Helen Marie Taylor Museum: 9.8 mi

Gardens6

National Pan-Hellenic Council Gardens: 10.8 mi
Garden of Contentment: 10.8 mi
Gregory Gardens: 10.9 mi
Erica Cummings Memorial Prayer Garden: 11.2 mi
(27) Herb Garden: 11.9 mi

Cliffs5

Lovers Leap: 8.6 mi
Emmons Cliff: 8.9 mi
Lawson Point: 9.2 mi
Chalk Bluff: 19.9 mi
Sosebees Bluff: 21.8 mi

Attractions5

Waco Traffic Circle: 10.3 mi
Historic Bell: 18.2 mi
CCC Plaque: 18.2 mi
Bird Blind: 18.6 mi
CCC Rock Tower: 18.6 mi

Peaks5

Hubby Hill: 12.0 mi
Norway Hill: 22.7 mi
Bread Tray Mountain: 23.5 mi
Norman Hill: 23.8 mi
King Mountain: 24.7 mi

Ghost towns3

Greenock: 15.1 mi
Pendell: 18.0 mi
Old Troy: 22.0 mi

Nature reserves3

Horseshoe Bend Wildlife Management Area: 20.6 mi
Iron Bridge Wildlife Management Area: 20.6 mi
White Flint Wildlife Management Area: 23.6 mi

Beaches2

Mcc beach: 7.8 mi
Pullin Family Marina Beach: 11.3 mi

Artworks1

On the Banks of the Bosque: 22.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
King Mountain	SW 231°	283 m	24.7 mi
Norway Hill	WNW 295°	281 m	22.7 mi
Bread Tray Mountain	SW 230°	275 m	23.5 mi
Norman Hill	WNW 299°	269 m	23.8 mi
Hubby Hill	S 175°	225 m	12.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:34	19:09	19:41
June solstice	06:26	20:02	20:38
September equinox	07:18	18:55	19:27
December solstice	07:25	16:54	17:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	47	51	58	65	74	81	85	85	78	68	57	49
Precip in	2.7	2.7	3.5	3.2	4.4	3.6	1.9	2.4	3.2	4.3	2.9	2.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waco DAM, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12452349003

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