Fortress Cliff
Fortress Cliff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 1,031 m. Jackson Hill stands 1,041 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Soapberry Day Use Area, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 10 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1031 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
- 79.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Historical Monument: 9.7 mi
- Camp Don Harrington: 11.9 mi
- Canyon East Park: 12.0 mi
- Roadside Park #2: 14.9 mi
- Roadside Park #1: 14.9 mi
- Combine city: 11.4 mi
- Cub World Ship: 12.0 mi
- Cub World Fort: 12.0 mi
- Spirit Rock: 14.8 mi
- Ozymandias on the Plains: 17.5 mi
- Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Kwahadi Musuem of the American Indian: 17.2 mi
- Texas Air & Space Museum: 18.3 mi
- Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame: 18.3 mi
- American Quarter Horse Museum: 18.7 mi
- Capitol Peak: 1.1 mi
- Red Mesa: 1.2 mi
- Capitol Mesa: 1.6 mi
- Brushy Butte: 1.6 mi
- Goodnight Peak: 2.2 mi
- Soapberry Day Use Area: 0.9 mi
- Southeast Park Pavilion: 14.0 mi
- 3: 14.9 mi
- 3: 14.9 mi
- 2: 14.9 mi
- Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 14.6 mi
- The Original Texans: 14.8 mi
- Tex Randall statue: 15.6 mi
- Richard Daniel Baker Peace Park: 19.3 mi
- Rick Husband: 20.1 mi
- Hope Garden: 21.6 mi
- 6th Street Urban Farm: 21.8 mi
- River Falls: 8.5 mi
- The Palisades: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fortress Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Hill | SSE 162° | 1,041 m | 21.6 mi |
| Cooley Butte | NNW 328° | 1,029 m | 3.3 mi |
| Brushy Butte | NNW 340° | 1,026 m | 1.6 mi |
| Red Mesa | SW 230° | 1,017 m | 1.2 mi |
| Castle Peak | WSW 241° | 999 m | 2.3 mi |
| Timber Mesa | WNW 296° | 993 m | 2.3 mi |
| Capitol Mesa | WSW 253° | 979 m | 1.6 mi |
| Lighthouse Peak | WSW 242° | 962 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:51 | 19:25 | 19:59 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:27 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:35 | 19:12 | 19:45 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 17:01 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyon, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356734494
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- Conway · 24 mi
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