Big Creek Scenic Area
Big Creek Scenic Area is a nature reserve in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 59 m. Liberty Hill stands 82 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Lake Recreation Area, a park 3.2 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 4.9 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 59 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- San Jacinto County: 5.3 mi
- First Baptist Church of Coldspring: 5.6 mi
- Town of Shepherd: 5.6 mi
- Shepherd Methodist Church: 5.7 mi
- J. M. Hansbro's Law Office: 5.7 mi
- Double Lake Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Double Lake SP: 4.6 mi
- Cochran Lane Park: 4.8 mi
- Coldspring Dixie Baseball Field: 5.0 mi
- Coldspring Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
- Performance Stage: 22.6 mi
- Nature Center: 22.7 mi
- Discovery Junction: 22.7 mi
- Koo Koo Kanoes: 22.7 mi
- Axe Throwing/Archery: 22.7 mi
- San Jacinto Old Jail Museum: 6.0 mi
- Cleveland Historical Museum: 11.7 mi
- Livingston Museum: 16.5 mi
- Polk County Memorial Museum: 16.5 mi
- Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation Museum: 21.5 mi
- Indian Hill: 16.0 mi
- Darby Hill: 17.9 mi
- Liberty Hill: 18.4 mi
- Davis Hill: 20.4 mi
- Crater Hill: 22.4 mi
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge - Butler Unit: 20.4 mi
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge - Silver Lake Unit: 22.1 mi
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Brierwood Area: 23.8 mi
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge: 24.4 mi
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge - Boars Den Area: 24.4 mi
- Roman Forest: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Creek Scenic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hill | NNW 334° | 82 m | 18.4 mi |
| Davis Hill | SE 132° | 74 m | 20.4 mi |
| Darby Hill | NNW 343° | 54 m | 17.9 mi |
| Crater Hill | SW 224° | 48 m | 22.4 mi |
| Indian Hill | N 1° | 45 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 19:51 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:47 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:48 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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