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Rough Trap

Rough Trap, seen from above at true elevation

Rough Trap is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 1,374 m. Baldy Peak stands 2,537 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 12 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1374 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.89569, -104.42214
Around it

79 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
  • Red Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Bronc Mule Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Flat Mesa: 2.0 mi
  • Gap Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Boracho Peak: 3.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 6
  • Horn Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Tobe Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Bridge Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Peewee Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Limpia Spring: 24.4 mi
Historic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Parks: 1
  • South Lobo Campground: 20.1 mi
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Madera Canyon Roadside Park: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldy PeakSE 141°2,537 m23.3 mi
Mount LivermoreSE 141°2,492 m23.3 mi
Brooks MountainSE 145°2,365 m22.2 mi
Pine PeakSE 132°2,341 m24.7 mi
Sawtooth MountainSE 142°2,333 m18.6 mi
Richman MountainSE 138°2,315 m23.2 mi
Whitetail MountainSE 138°2,281 m21.3 mi
Pine MesaSE 143°2,223 m24.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0219:3820:10
June solstice06:5620:2921:05
September equinox07:4719:2419:56
December solstice07:5217:2418:01

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465056647279797872645447
Precip in0.70.40.40.60.91.32.71.72.01.10.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent 8SE, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356744668

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