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Knox County Museum

Knox County Museum from directly overhead

Knox County Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 412 m. Wild Horse Mountain stands 577 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Knox County Historical Commission, a museum 4.8 miles away. 30 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
412 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.65342, -99.78148
Around it

30 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 16
Peaks: 7
  • Cedar Mountain: 7.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 12.2 mi
  • Hunter Mountain: 13.2 mi
  • Buzzard Peak: 17.2 mi
  • Lowrance Mountain: 17.6 mi
Museums: 3
Springs: 2
  • Pouring Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Parks: 1
  • Picnic Area - Jamison: 11.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wild Horse MountainNW 304°577 m21.3 mi
Buzzard PeakSW 236°569 m17.2 mi
Lowrance MountainWNW 302°552 m17.6 mi
Hunter MountainWNW 291°551 m13.2 mi
Bald MountainW 270°512 m12.2 mi
Cedar MountainSW 236°501 m7.1 mi
Dixie MoundN 356°498 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1819:51
June solstice06:3020:1720:53
September equinox07:2819:0519:37
December solstice07:4116:5717:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424654637281858476655344
Precip in1.11.41.72.23.53.42.12.12.92.41.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Truscott 3 W, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/368165611

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