Blue Gainey Point
Blue Gainey Point is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 719 m. Bench Mountain stands 794 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Beacon Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 25 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 719 m
How to reach it
- 25.2 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
90 named places within 25 miles
- Site of U. S. Army Air Corps Plane Crash: 8.1 mi
- Simmons House: 8.7 mi
- Trammell House: 8.9 mi
- R.A. Ragland House: 8.9 mi
- I.M. (Mose) and Margaret Newman House: 8.9 mi
- Beacon Hill: 2.1 mi
- Cottonwood Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Black Point: 7.5 mi
- Chalk Peak: 8.1 mi
- Ringtop: 8.1 mi
- Lake Sweetwater Municipal Park: 3.6 mi
- Santa Fe Park: 8.6 mi
- Fraley Park: 9.0 mi
- Rolling Plains Girls Softball Park: 9.4 mi
- Jones Park: 9.4 mi
- Merry Point: 6.1 mi
- Birdsnest Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Indian Hand Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Eagle Point: 24.7 mi
- Nolan County Eastbound Rest Area: 3.9 mi
- Nolan County Westbound Rest Area: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 8.9 mi
- National Wasp WWII Museum: 12.3 mi
- Area Historical Museum: 14.0 mi
- Bitter Creek: 12.6 mi
- Audra: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Gainey Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench Mountain | WSW 241° | 794 m | 20.8 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | SW 224° | 775 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SE 136° | 757 m | 14.6 mi |
| Hylton Mountain | S 176° | 753 m | 23.5 mi |
| Jackson Mountain | S 177° | 741 m | 24.8 mi |
| Cottonwood Mountain | SW 228° | 740 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mathis Mountain | S 176° | 740 m | 24.9 mi |
| Ninemile Hill | SW 226° | 730 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:21 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 20:16 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 17:03 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merkel 12 SW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356700536
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