Tackett Mountain
Tackett Mountain rises to 406 m in Texas. Beaver Mountain stands 446 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Eliasville, a ghost town 3.1 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 9.9 miles off. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
Tackitt (Tackett) Mountain is a summit in Young County, Texas, USA. It is located west of the Graham, Texas. Site of famous Indian battle between Pleasant Tackitt and Old Piny Chummy. In the Descriptive History of Early Times in Western Texas, Volume 2, by Joseph Carroll McConnell mentions Tackitt Mountain in the book about the area:
"Pleasant Tackitt, a Methodist minister, settled in Parker County in 1854. Two years later he moved his family to Young County, and numbered among the first settlers of that section. The Tackitt home was located on the old Fort Belknap and Austin Road, about nine miles south of the post, near Fish Creek: so named for the Tackitts broke the ice and caught fish during the severe winter weather.....in the evening of February 13, 1860, one of Mr. Tackitt's milk cows came home through the sleet and snow with an arrow sticking in her side......[Tackitt] back-tracked the cows about three-fourths of a mile, to where they found moccasin racks and saw blankets hanging on the east end of Tackitt Mountain. Tackitt thought it unwise to make an open attack, but decided to advance upon the Indian's from the north......Almost instantly several Indians charged like wild demons. These Indians were under the leadership of Old Piny Chummy, who only a few months before lived on the Comanche Reservation, near old Camp Cooper. Tackitt and his sons knew him well, and no doubt, Piny Chummy recognized the Tackitts......Old Piny Chummy charged Parson Tackitt himself, and the old chief received a mortal wound from the discharge of the parson's gun......A white flag was found flying from the top of a tree on Tackitt Mountain; and under it were found four bridles, four ropes, four bows, and four quivers of arrows, as well as blankets and other implements. A few days later, soaring vultures disclosed the graves of four warriors killed in this fight.
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Wikidata Q7673924, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 406 m
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bone Bend · 19 mi
- Horned Frog Lookout · 19 mi
- Parker Lookout · 20 mi
- Golden-cheeked Warbler · 20 mi
122 named places within 25 miles
- Tyra Graveyard-Murray Community Cemetery: 5.5 mi
- Murray Methodist Church: 7.7 mi
- The Tonk Valley Community: 9.2 mi
- Military Road (Ft. Belknap-San Antonio): 10.4 mi
- Military Road (Ft. Belknap-Ft Worth): 10.4 mi
- Bass Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Sidney Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Beehive Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Ball Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Fort Belknap State Park: 10.5 mi
- Shawnee Springs Park: 12.8 mi
- Firemens Park: 13.0 mi
- Fisher Street Park: 13.2 mi
- Standpipe Park: 13.4 mi
- Swenson Memorial Museum: 18.5 mi
- Breckenridge Aviation Museum: 18.6 mi
- Museum of Aircraft Perservation: 20.4 mi
- Eliasville: 3.1 mi
- Belknap: 10.7 mi
- Deer Head Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Bass Tank: 15.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.7 mi
- Possum Kingdom Fish Hatchery: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tackett Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Mountain | S 180° | 446 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | E 82° | 438 m | 21.1 mi |
| Yates Hill | SSE 164° | 435 m | 19.9 mi |
| Indian Mountain | E 84° | 434 m | 20.0 mi |
| Ross Mountain | E 80° | 431 m | 22.3 mi |
| C J Mountain | S 172° | 424 m | 15.2 mi |
| Deck Mountain | E 83° | 423 m | 24.9 mi |
| Harris Peak | ESE 104° | 422 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:55 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 77 | 65 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Graham, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356725325
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