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. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
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
127 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
- 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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