Bitter Creek
Bitter Creek is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 776 m. Bench Mountain stands 794 m to the west, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Mountain, a peak 4.3 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 20 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
human settlement in United States of America
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
90 named places within 25 miles
- Site of U. S. Army Air Corps Plane Crash: 7.3 mi
- Trammell House: 10.0 mi
- Sweetwater Cemetery: 10.2 mi
- W.A.S.P. Training Base: Avenger Field: 10.7 mi
- Texas & Pacific Railway: 11.0 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 4.4 mi
- Cottonwood Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Bench Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Beacon Hill: 12.0 mi
- Lake Sweetwater Municipal Park: 10.0 mi
- Fraley Park: 10.3 mi
- Jones Park: 10.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park: 10.5 mi
- Rolling Plains Girls Softball Park: 12.0 mi
- Merry Point: 8.5 mi
- Birdsnest Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Indian Hand Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Blue Gainey Point: 12.6 mi
- Eagle Point: 12.8 mi
- National Wasp WWII Museum: 10.9 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 11.3 mi
- Nolan County Eastbound Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Nolan County Westbound Rest Area: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bitter Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench Mountain | W 266° | 794 m | 9.7 mi |
| Stepp Mountain | SW 226° | 786 m | 21.8 mi |
| Meadow Mountain | SSW 211° | 778 m | 23.8 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | NE 39° | 775 m | 4.3 mi |
| Horse Mountain | SSW 202° | 765 m | 20.1 mi |
| Durham Peak | SSW 196° | 763 m | 21.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 94° | 757 m | 18.6 mi |
| Hylton Mountain | SE 144° | 753 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:21 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 20:16 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 17:04 | 17:41 |
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 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roscoe, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
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