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Sleeping Figure

Sleeping Figure from directly overhead

Sleeping Figure is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,438 m. Baldy Peak stands 2,537 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Marfa Stockyards, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.31081, -103.99919

Overlooks nearby

Around it

140 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
  • Rancheria Hills: 6.1 mi
  • Orphan Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Black Peaks: 9.7 mi
  • Puertacitas Mountains: 10.2 mi
  • Crenshaw Mountain: 11.4 mi
Historic sites: 55
Parks: 10
  • Marfa Lights View Park: 7.3 mi
  • Killingsworth Arena: 18.9 mi
  • Shipman Park: 19.3 mi
  • American Legion Park: 19.6 mi
  • Medina Park: 20.1 mi
Museums: 7
Springs: 4
  • Ranger Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Modesta Springs: 18.4 mi
  • Limpia Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Peewee Spring: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Winter Garden: 1.6 mi
Attractions: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Point of Rocks roadside park: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sleeping Figure. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldy PeakNNW 335°2,537 m24.7 mi
Mount LivermoreNNW 335°2,492 m24.7 mi
Paradise MountainNNW 337°2,354 m21.5 mi
Pine PeakNNW 344°2,341 m24.8 mi
Pine MesaNNW 333°2,223 m23.0 mi
Blue MountainN 355°2,221 m17.6 mi
Brown MountainNNW 331°2,126 m20.0 mi
Twin MountainsNE 54°2,098 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0119:3620:08
June solstice06:5520:2621:02
September equinox07:4519:2219:54
December solstice07:4917:2418:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424552606875757468605142

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marfa 3W, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12385742284

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