10,000 Year Clock
10,000 Year Clock is an attraction in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 2,023 m. Victorio Peak stands 1,912 m to the south-southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Diablo Rim, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 3.3 miles off. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
mechanical clock designed to keep time for 10,000 years
Wikidata Q963249, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
35 named places within 25 miles
- Cave Peak: 1.4 mi
- Apache Peak: 2.6 mi
- Victorio Peak: 8.7 mi
- Collier Mesa: 11.0 mi
- Black Knobs: 11.8 mi
- Figure 2 Ranch: 3.7 mi
- El Paso Salt War: 22.0 mi
- Diablo Rim: 0.6 mi
- Salt Flat: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of 10,000 Year Clock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victorio Peak | SSE 167° | 1,912 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sheep Peak | SSW 197° | 1,839 m | 15.9 mi |
| Collier Mesa | SSW 192° | 1,784 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | S 177° | 1,780 m | 21.3 mi |
| Beach Mountains | S 173° | 1,761 m | 21.8 mi |
| Goat Mountain | SW 215° | 1,746 m | 19.7 mi |
| Apache Peak | NNW 347° | 1,736 m | 2.6 mi |
| Sneed Mountain | SW 229° | 1,727 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:04 | 19:39 | 20:12 |
| June solstice | 06:56 | 20:32 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:49 | 19:26 | 19:58 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 17:25 | 18:01 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 62 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pine Spgs Guadalupe Mountains, 27 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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