Cherokee County Northbound Rest Area
Cherokee County Northbound Rest Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 220 m. Tater Hill Mountain stands 234 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Love's Lookout, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forest Trail passes 13 miles off. 161 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
Reconstructed facility opened December 2004. The new design is a tribute to the numerous tomato sheds that once lined up nearby railroad tracks distributing local grown tomatoes all over the country
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
161 named places within 25 miles
- Love's Lookout: 0.0 mi
- Cuney: 3.4 mi
- Fred Douglass School: 3.6 mi
- Jackson Smith: 4.1 mi
- Killough Massacre Burial Site: 4.1 mi
- Love's Lookout Park: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln Park: 3.6 mi
- Love Street Park: 4.1 mi
- Nellie Crim Park: 4.4 mi
- Buckner Park: 4.7 mi
- Rocky Point: 3.1 mi
- Snow Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Jim Beard Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Gray Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Luker Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Bullard History Museum: 8.0 mi
- Kathleen C Fitzgerald Museum: 13.4 mi
- McDonald Museum: 17.0 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 18.0 mi
- Tyler Museum of Art: 21.1 mi
- Etna: 8.1 mi
- Lone Star: 15.1 mi
- New Birmingham: 20.0 mi
- Jarvis: 21.3 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 16.0 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 16.6 mi
- Fine Arts Complex: 19.8 mi
- Tyler Rose Garden: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cherokee County Northbound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill Mountain | WNW 292° | 234 m | 22.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 258° | 231 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | SSE 149° | 214 m | 22.3 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | SSE 166° | 210 m | 22.0 mi |
| Gray Mountain | WSW 238° | 209 m | 8.6 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | S 189° | 207 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Hope | S 178° | 206 m | 17.1 mi |
| Snow Mountain | N 5° | 201 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:55 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:44 | 17:21 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jacksonville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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