Rattlesnake Mountain
Rattlesnake Mountain rises to 337 m in Texas. Long Point stands 415 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cranfills Gap City Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 11 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Bosque County, Texas, United States (GNIS ID = 1344824)
Wikidata Q31708793, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 337 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 12.0 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- St. Olaf Lutheran Church: 1.1 mi
- Ole and Elizabeth Finstad Homesite: 5.6 mi
- Cleng Peerson: 7.7 mi
- Our Savior's Lutheran Church: 7.8 mi
- Norse: 8.3 mi
- Jenson Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Cranfills Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Rogstad Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Ilseng Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Cranfills Gap City Park: 0.8 mi
- Olsen Park: 13.2 mi
- Dahl Park: 13.6 mi
- Cockrell-Thiele Park: 13.8 mi
- Lions Park: 13.8 mi
- Bosque Museum: 13.3 mi
- Edwin Olsen Railroad Museum: 13.9 mi
- Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum & Golden Age Gallery of Art: 13.9 mi
- Hamilton County Historical Museum: 18.9 mi
- Walnut Springs City Museum: 20.4 mi
- High Point: 3.4 mi
- Bee Bluff: 24.9 mi
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 13.9 mi
- Welcome to Walnut Springs: 20.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Billy the Kid Statue: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rattlesnake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Point | WNW 296° | 415 m | 12.1 mi |
| Twin Mountains | WNW 284° | 411 m | 11.0 mi |
| Blue Ridge | WSW 246° | 410 m | 19.8 mi |
| Lone Mountain | WNW 284° | 396 m | 8.8 mi |
| Cutoff Mountain | WSW 256° | 391 m | 8.1 mi |
| Stroud Mountain | W 269° | 373 m | 4.4 mi |
| Paul Mountain | WNW 286° | 373 m | 4.5 mi |
| Jackson Hill | NNW 332° | 372 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:55 | 17:32 |
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 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hico, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1344824 — Rattlesnake Mountain, Bosque County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356719416
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