Historic Upshur Museum
Historic Upshur Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. Underwood Mountain stands 204 m to the west-southwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is 1925 Gilmer Post Office, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forest Trail passes 18 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 116 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 18.5 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Jackson's Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 1925 Gilmer Post Office: 0.0 mi
- Upshur County Patriots: 0.0 mi
- Cherokee Trace: 0.1 mi
- The Gilmer Mirror: 0.1 mi
- The Looney School: 0.1 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.3 mi
- Ella Granville Park: 0.6 mi
- Yamboree Grounds: 1.5 mi
- Gilmer City Park: 1.6 mi
- Lake Gilmer Park: 3.6 mi
- Simpson Mountain: 1.5 mi
- McDonald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Underwood Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Gilmont Lookout: 6.3 mi
- Tidwell Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum: 2.0 mi
- The Gladewater Museum: 13.4 mi
- Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum: 18.4 mi
- North East Texas Rural Heritage Museum, Farmsted: 18.5 mi
- Longview Museum of Fine Arts: 20.1 mi
- Garland P Ferguson Park: 12.0 mi
- Snavely Discovery Well: 13.5 mi
- Equipment Park: 22.0 mi
- World's Richest Acre Park: 24.0 mi
- Texan Theater: 24.1 mi
- Kelsey: 6.2 mi
- Coffeeville: 12.8 mi
- Center Point: 17.5 mi
- Belzora: 19.3 mi
- Utica: 23.9 mi
- Tree of Life: 13.6 mi
- Colonel L.P. Featherstone Memorial statue: 14.0 mi
- Served with Honor: 20.0 mi
- Historic Coca-Cola Mural: 24.0 mi
- Graffiti wall: 24.2 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 18.6 mi
- Outdoor Zen Kicthen: 24.1 mi
- Winona Westbound Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Winona Eastbound Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Serenity Garden: 14.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Historic Upshur Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood Mountain | WSW 241° | 204 m | 2.5 mi |
| East Mountain | SSE 154° | 200 m | 9.7 mi |
| Starrville Mountain | SSW 210° | 196 m | 21.9 mi |
| Stivers Hill | NW 307° | 194 m | 20.9 mi |
| Goodman Mountain | S 187° | 192 m | 22.2 mi |
| Tidwell Mountain | SSE 160° | 191 m | 7.4 mi |
| West Mountain | SSE 166° | 191 m | 8.1 mi |
| Simpson Mountain | E 95° | 188 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:55 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:41 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gilmer 4 WNW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368165057
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