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Tin Can Garage

Tin Can Garage from directly overhead

Tin Can Garage is an attraction in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 342 m. Sunshine Hill stands 368 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Grandfield High School Athletics, a park 0.3 miles away. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

Listed in "Ripley's Believe It or Not" and built entirely from Tin Oil Cans!

What the record says

Height
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.23223, -98.69109

130 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 50
Parks: 41
  • Grandfield High School Athletics: 0.3 mi
  • Lake Murray Park: 0.8 mi
  • Freeman Park: 11.2 mi
  • Hardin Park: 12.1 mi
  • Burk Royalty Park: 12.1 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Sunshine Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Floral Mound: 15.3 mi
  • Martin Hill: 17.6 mi
  • Twin Mountain: 22.7 mi
  • Temple Hill: 24.0 mi
Museums: 4
  • Tillman County Historical Museum: 21.7 mi
  • Pioneer Townsite: 21.7 mi
  • River Bend Nature Center: 24.3 mi
  • Museum of North Texas History: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Burkburnett Community Gardens: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wichita Falls: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunshine HillSSW 207°368 m13.3 mi
Floral MoundSW 216°367 m15.3 mi
Bare ButteS 173°322 m24.2 mi
Twin MountainSSW 192°321 m22.7 mi
Temple HillS 177°321 m24.0 mi
Martin HillESE 110°303 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1419:47
June solstice06:2420:1320:51
September equinox07:2419:0019:33
December solstice07:3816:5117:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414553617281858476645243

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/653754975

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