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Robbers Roost

Robbers Roost, seen from above at true elevation

Robbers Roost is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 559 m. Monument Mountain stands 662 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pegleg Crossing on the San Saba, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
559 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.87629, -99.60118
Around it

97 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 59
Parks: 14
  • American Legion Park: 11.2 mi
  • Low Water Bridge Park: 11.3 mi
  • Menard River Park: 11.3 mi
  • Ditch Walk Park: 11.4 mi
  • Presidio de San Saba: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Hyman Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Little Racetrack Mountain: 11.2 mi
  • Haystack Mountain: 12.4 mi
  • Cutoff Mountain: 12.4 mi
  • Double Knobs: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 23.3 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 23.3 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 23.4 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 23.4 mi
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Walton Spring: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monument MountainSSE 156°662 m23.4 mi
Hyman HillNNW 345°647 m6.7 mi
Little Racetrack MountainWNW 302°637 m11.2 mi
Mason MountainsE 97°611 m18.8 mi
Double KnobsESE 109°606 m15.7 mi
Cutoff MountainSE 125°595 m12.4 mi
Haystack MountainESE 113°586 m12.4 mi
Teacup MountainSSW 192°575 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1819:50
June solstice06:3620:1020:45
September equinox07:2719:0519:36
December solstice07:3317:0517:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647278818174655446
Precip in1.11.42.12.03.43.11.62.02.22.51.81.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Menard, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356744485

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