Battle Branch
Battle Branch is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 285 m. Messanger Mountain stands 502 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2002
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- 1000ft overlook of Inks Lake · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hughes' Springs: 3.6 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Lampasas: 4.3 mi
- Lampasas Colored School: 4.6 mi
- Cook Cemetery: 4.7 mi
- Lampasas County: 4.9 mi
- Bachelor Peak: 3.9 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Crawford Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Cedar Top Peak: 10.3 mi
- Boys Peak: 11.0 mi
- Sue Ann Park: 4.4 mi
- College Street Park: 4.6 mi
- Cooper Springs Nature Park: 4.8 mi
- W. M. Brook Park: 4.9 mi
- Campbell Park/Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden: 4.9 mi
- Adams Spring: 0.7 mi
- Gooch Spring: 3.8 mi
- Trough Spring: 16.9 mi
- Persimmon Spring: 17.0 mi
- Boiling Springs: 17.2 mi
- Lampasas County Museum: 5.0 mi
- Lampasas County Museum: 5.0 mi
- National Mounted Warrior Museum: 20.1 mi
- 1st cav War on Terror: 20.2 mi
- Showcase Room: 20.3 mi
- Indian Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Pillar Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Chism Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Indian Point: 21.6 mi
- White Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Native Wildscape Garden (Bird, Bee, Butterfly & Bat Garden): 20.6 mi
- First United Methodist Church Prayer Garden: 21.1 mi
- Killeen Municipal Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- 10th St. Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Alvarez Community Garden: 22.7 mi
- World's Largest Spur: 5.0 mi
- Nix: 16.5 mi
- Gorman Falls: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Battle Branch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messanger Mountain | WNW 294° | 502 m | 18.4 mi |
| Knight Mountain | WNW 295° | 501 m | 16.3 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 235° | 490 m | 17.6 mi |
| Twin Sister Peaks | WNW 289° | 485 m | 16.8 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WSW 243° | 484 m | 17.4 mi |
| Potato Hill | SSW 212° | 484 m | 19.8 mi |
| Waters Mountain | W 281° | 480 m | 14.8 mi |
| Carter Mountains | WNW 296° | 471 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:12 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:59 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:58 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 67 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lampasas, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12438068328
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