The Stone Fort Museum
The Stone Fort Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 97 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Fort Museum, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forest Trail passes 0.8 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Old Stone Fort Museum is located on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University, in the city and county of Nacogdoches, Texas. It is a 1936 replica, at a different location, of a structure that had been erected circa 1779 by Nacogdoches militia commander Antonio Gil Y'Barbo. The original building was never a fort, in spite of its sobriquet. After more than a century serving various purposes, the original structure was demolished. The replica was erected with help from the local Cum Concilio civic organization, and funding from the New Deal economic program of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. The museum is open to visitors and provides historic exhibits on the grounds of the university.
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Dates from 1936.
Wikidata Q7085112, matched on coordinates and name (397 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 97 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Stone Fort Museum: 0.0 mi
- Old Stone Fort: 0.0 mi
- Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College During World War II: 0.1 mi
- Stephen F. Austin Statue: 0.1 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk: 0.1 mi
- Blount Park: 0.4 mi
- SFA Mast Arboretum: 0.4 mi
- Pecan Park: 0.4 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 0.5 mi
- Banita Creek Park: 0.9 mi
- The Island: 11.7 mi
- Flower Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Denny Mountain: 16.7 mi
- Beard Mountain: 19.2 mi
- Button Mountain: 19.3 mi
- Old University Building: 0.9 mi
- Nacogdoches Railroad Depot: 1.2 mi
- Texas Forestry Museum: 18.9 mi
- Museum of East Texas: 19.6 mi
- Huntington Heritage Museum: 23.6 mi
- Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 0.7 mi
- Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Tonkawa Spring: 14.7 mi
- Angelina College Roadrunner: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Stone Fort Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | NW 321° | 221 m | 19.3 mi |
| Flower Mountain | NW 316° | 211 m | 13.6 mi |
| Carter Mountain | WNW 289° | 196 m | 24.8 mi |
| Sirls Mountain | NNW 337° | 189 m | 22.3 mi |
| Denny Mountain | NW 317° | 188 m | 16.7 mi |
| Hollow Rock Mountain | NE 51° | 172 m | 20.4 mi |
| Beard Mountain | NW 310° | 160 m | 19.2 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | NE 44° | 159 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 19:52 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:43 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, 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 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nacogdoches, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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