Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church & Cemetery
Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church & Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Welch Cemetery, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 13 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1978
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
97 named places within 25 miles
- Welch Cemetery: 1.2 mi
- Brachfield: 2.1 mi
- Maple Grove Cemetery: 2.9 mi
- Pine Hill Methodist Cemetery: 5.1 mi
- Bethel Cemetery: 6.1 mi
- Greems Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Hog Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Sirls Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Stonewall Hill: 14.0 mi
- Quinn Mountain: 17.3 mi
- Lanevile Park: 9.2 mi
- Montgomery: 9.3 mi
- Smith Memorial Park: 9.3 mi
- Fair Park: 9.4 mi
- Yates Park: 9.7 mi
- Depot Museum: 10.0 mi
- Tatum on the Santa Fe Museum: 20.8 mi
- Texas Country Music Hall of Fame: 21.4 mi
- Panola County Historical Museum and Library: 21.5 mi
- Historic 1891 Panola County Jail & Museum: 21.6 mi
- Mineral Springs: 20.3 mi
- Lone Star: 21.8 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 22.9 mi
- R E St John Memorial Stadium: 24.9 mi
- Tonkawa Spring: 15.9 mi
- Pony Statue: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church & Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | SW 214° | 221 m | 17.8 mi |
| Flower Mountain | SSW 200° | 211 m | 21.3 mi |
| Quinn Mountain | WSW 251° | 190 m | 17.3 mi |
| Sirls Mountain | SW 216° | 189 m | 11.4 mi |
| Denny Mountain | SSW 208° | 188 m | 19.9 mi |
| Hollow Rock Mountain | SE 133° | 172 m | 24.7 mi |
| Greems Mountain | ESE 121° | 167 m | 5.7 mi |
| Beard Mountain | SW 216° | 160 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 19:53 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:42 | 17:19 |
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 | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Henderson, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13971419056
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