Bents Creek
Bents Creek is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 857 m. Antelope Peak stands 1,024 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Plemons Cemetery, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Plains Trail passes 4.6 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1971
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
- 87.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
62 named places within 25 miles
- Plemons Cemetery: 0.0 mi
- Fifteen miles to the Site of the Battle of Adobe Walls: 0.0 mi
- Gulf Dial #1 Oil Well: 3.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington School: 4.8 mi
- Ace Borger Home: 5.0 mi
- Grace Meredith Park: 4.2 mi
- North Hughes Park: 4.4 mi
- Nelson/Johnson Park: 4.5 mi
- Rock Creek Park: 4.5 mi
- West Coronado Park: 4.6 mi
- Phillips: 5.4 mi
- Plemons: 7.2 mi
- Pringle: 14.3 mi
- Adobe Walls: 17.7 mi
- Hutchinson County Musesum: 5.2 mi
- Lake Meredith Aquatic and Wildlife Museum: 12.8 mi
- Signal Hill: 7.0 mi
- Antelope Peak: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bents Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Peak | SW 219° | 1,024 m | 13.6 mi |
| Signal Hill | N 11° | 987 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:50 | 19:24 | 19:58 |
| June solstice | 06:31 | 20:28 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:57 | 17:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 73 | 61 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Borger Hutchinson CO AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12438046220
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- Panhandle · 27 mi
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