Closest/Nearest mountains to Nederland? (Nevada: neighborhood, school, kids)

[el borracho]

here's a link for the franklins mountains
TPWD: Franklin Mountains State Park

[OUFan22]

Originally Posted by tstone

Ouachita Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

^ ^ are the closest (and most forgotten).

I agree with tstone, the Ouachita Mountains are the closest to Nederland and are in the southeast corner of Oklahoma (near Hugo, Idabel, Broken Bow, Poteau, etc...). There also is the Arbuckle Mountains in south central Oklahoma near Ardmore and Turner Falls. This is near I-35 north of Dallas. The Ouachita's are about 5-6 hours from Beaumont. I live in Lumberton and I drive through the western edge of the Ouachita's quite often when I go back home to vist my parents in NE Oklahoma.

[NIS350ZTT]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Are you serious? Texas has mountains, but they're waayy out in West Texas.

Arkansas would probably have the closest mountain range to Southeast Texas.

Yes, I'm serious.

I'm thinking of moving there and I enjoy vacationing to the mountains, thus I was wondering what mountains similar to the Smokey mountains are closest to Nederland/Beaumont/Port Arthur.

I figured this was the best place to ask this question than any other web site. Thanks for the replies everyone.

[mov2set]

I was raised in Port Arthur. In high school we studied topographical maps. The only lines on the map were for a man made mound at the end of Proctor Street and Pleasure Island, which was built up from dredging the Intercostal canal. The closest mountains would be to drive to Houston and get on a plane to Colorado. Arkansas would be the closest driving distance, but that is probably 7-10 hours.

[case44]

Closest geographically would be southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas. The next closest would be out in West Texas near Balmorhea and Fort Davis.

[HillHopper]

Originally Posted by Canine*Castle

There is a definition for a mountain and as nice as the Hill Country of Texas is, it isn't an area of mountains. Maybe that's why it's named Hill Country and not Mountain Country. Mountains have an altitude usually greater than 2,000 feet.

Sorry for the correction and no pun intended.

The Texas Hill Country has peaks that are taller than some states tallest mountains. Don't let the name Texas "Hill Country" fool you. When you first get into the Hill Country, the Hills are 2000 feet.

9 hours drive from Houston, Texas... Arkansas is supposedly the closest mountain ranges. That is false.. Arkansas' Queen Wilhelmina, the second highest peak @ 2681. Highest peak in Arkansas is 2781 feet.

If I drive 9 hours west of Houston, our mountain peaks are 8,382 feet at Mount Livermore in the Davis Mountains and going a little further west out to I will hit the highest point in Texas of 8749 feet at Guadelupe Peak.

So my point is don't go out of state just because people tell you go see mountains. Texas has big mountains and our Hill Country area has higher peaks than a lot of mountains. Try the "Twisted sisters of Texas"... the roads 335,336 & 337 and tell me that falling off won't be a long drop down.

[catman]

Originally Posted by gabetx

There is no definition for a mountain.

Actually, there is. It is any point which is more than 1000 feet higher than the local terrain. (If the elevation of a point is 8500 feet and it is surrounded by land at 8000 feet, it's just an unimpressive hill.) Or so I was told when I was working on my degree in Geography. I'm sure there are other definitions.

If you live in Beaumont/Port Arthur and you like mountains, you're about as far from them as you can get. The southern end of the Appalachians, to the northeast, is probably no farther away than the mountains in Far West Texas. Texas is a big state!

[bellewether]

At first I thought this thread had to be an April Fool's joke... I live in Nederland, Colorado at 8,500 ft altitude, surrounded by mountains.

[centexguy]

Originally Posted by bellewether

At first I thought this thread had to be an April Fool's joke... I live in Nederland, Colorado at 8,500 ft altitude, surrounded by mountains.

I drove through Nederland, Colorado when I lived in Denver for a while. It's a beautiful little town up in the mountains. Talk about to towns completely different! I think they are pronounced differently too. Nederland, Texas is pronounced like "knee"-derland while the other is pronounced "Neh"-derland.

[Jezer]

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