The Palisades
The Palisades is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 1,047 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,156 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Palisades State Park Concession Building, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 1.9 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1047 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
- 70.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Palisades State Park Concession Building: 0.4 mi
- St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery: 5.5 mi
- Col. John I. Gregg 1872 Battle Site: 7.6 mi
- T Anchor Ranch: 7.6 mi
- The Old JA Ranch: 8.0 mi
- Camp Don Harrington: 2.5 mi
- City View Park: 5.9 mi
- Monterey Park: 6.5 mi
- Canyon East Park: 6.9 mi
- Raymond Road Apt park: 6.9 mi
- Cub World Ship: 2.8 mi
- Combine city: 2.9 mi
- Cub World Fort: 2.9 mi
- Ozymandias on the Plains: 6.5 mi
- Spirit Rock: 8.5 mi
- Cooley Butte: 8.1 mi
- Goodnight Peak: 9.1 mi
- Timber Mesa: 9.1 mi
- Brushy Butte: 9.9 mi
- Capitol Peak: 10.5 mi
- Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center: 8.2 mi
- Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame: 8.5 mi
- Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: 8.6 mi
- Amarillo Museum of Art: 8.9 mi
- AC Museum of natural history: 9.0 mi
- Southeast Park Pavilion: 8.7 mi
- Lois Rice Pavilion: 9.3 mi
- 1: 9.6 mi
- 2: 9.6 mi
- 3: 9.7 mi
- Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 8.2 mi
- The Original Texans: 8.5 mi
- Tex Randall statue: 9.0 mi
- Rick Husband: 10.0 mi
- Heart: 10.0 mi
- Hope Garden: 10.9 mi
- 6th Street Urban Farm: 11.0 mi
- River Falls: 2.8 mi
- Fortress Cliff: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Palisades. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Mountain | NW 311° | 1,156 m | 18.3 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | NW 318° | 1,126 m | 18.0 mi |
| Coyote Bluff | NW 323° | 1,088 m | 20.6 mi |
| Wildcat Bluff | NNW 327° | 1,082 m | 14.7 mi |
| Cooley Butte | SE 126° | 1,029 m | 8.1 mi |
| Brushy Butte | SE 128° | 1,026 m | 9.9 mi |
| Red Mesa | SE 139° | 1,017 m | 11.2 mi |
| Castle Peak | SE 145° | 999 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:26 | 19:59 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:28 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356747477
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