Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Worth the trip from Mount Vernon: Mid America Flight Museum, 16 mi off
All of it lies outside: 5 places within 40 miles, none inside Mount Vernon. For a full day, there is Caldwell Zoo, 56 mi away.
Mid America Flight Museum
Aviation museum in Mount Pleasant, Texas.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The places, mapped
The farthest of them, Lamar County Historical Museum, is 39 mi out.
Orange: Mount Vernon. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place after place
Its 10 places all lie within 60 miles.
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8Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum
History museum in Pittsburg, Texas.
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10Hopkins County Museum and Heritage Park
Local history museum in Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Caldwell Zoo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rose Garden Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Discovery Science Place: Paul M. Budd, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lamar County Historical Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Northeast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Southwest Dairy Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hopkins County Museum and Heritage Park: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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