Old Fire Station Museum
Old Fire Station Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Stivers Hill stands 194 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cotton Belt Depot Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forest Trail passes 15 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Franklin County Historical Society
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Rutherford Drugstore: 0.1 mi
- Franklin County Courthouse: 0.1 mi
- First Baptist Church of Mount Vernon: 0.1 mi
- The Wright-Vaughan House: 0.2 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Mount Vernon: 0.2 mi
- The Square: 0.1 mi
- Little Creek Park: 0.3 mi
- Mount Vernon Sports Complex: 1.0 mi
- Franklin County Sports Complex: 2.1 mi
- Over Look Park: 8.9 mi
- Cotton Belt Depot Museum: 0.0 mi
- Talco Historical Museum: 13.8 mi
- Mid America Flight Museum: 16.0 mi
- Winnesboro Station: 16.4 mi
- Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum: 19.7 mi
- Robertson Hill: 17.5 mi
- Stivers Hill: 19.0 mi
- Stockbridge Knoll: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Fire Station Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stivers Hill | S 181° | 194 m | 19.0 mi |
| Robertson Hill | NW 326° | 116 m | 17.5 mi |
| Stockbridge Knoll | NE 51° | 86 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 19:57 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:40 | 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 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Vernon, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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