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Mills County Historical Museum

Mills County Historical Museum from directly overhead

Mills County Historical Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 479 m. Spur Mountain stands 549 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas Botanical Gardens, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forts Trail passes 22 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
479 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.45119, -98.56987

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 49
  • Cedar Knob: 3.2 mi
  • San Saba Peak: 6.8 mi
  • Tiger Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Linn Hill: 9.3 mi
Parks: 7
  • Goldthwaite Municipal Park: 0.5 mi
  • Comanche & Indian Gap RR: 16.8 mi
  • Risien Park: 19.3 mi
  • San Saba River Nature Park: 19.3 mi
  • San Saba City Park: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
Gardens: 1
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spur MountainNNW 339°549 m18.9 mi
Long Pompey MountainNNW 342°537 m13.1 mi
Little Pompey MountainNNW 340°530 m12.5 mi
Turkey Peak MountainNNW 337°522 m21.6 mi
Huckabee HillNE 37°520 m10.1 mi
Tiger MountainNNW 346°517 m8.0 mi
San Saba PeakSSE 166°510 m6.8 mi
Taterhill MountainN 2°510 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1419:46
June solstice06:3120:0720:43
September equinox07:2319:0019:32
December solstice07:3016:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057647279828276665547
Precip in1.72.22.42.24.24.21.82.02.53.52.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goldthwaite 1 WSW, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/745972088

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