Bloys Camp Meeting
Bloys Camp Meeting is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,763 m. Baldy Peak stands 2,537 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 9.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1966
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 13 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brown Mountain: 1.8 mi
- White Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Crows Nest Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mine Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Paradise Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Wolf Den Tank: 7.9 mi
- McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas: 11.1 mi
- Prude Ranch: 12.0 mi
- Grierson-Sproul House: 14.3 mi
- Trueheart House: 14.4 mi
- Limpia Spring: 6.3 mi
- Peewee Spring: 6.5 mi
- Tobe Spring: 6.8 mi
- Bridge Spring: 7.0 mi
- Horn Spring: 7.7 mi
- Overland Trail Museum: 15.1 mi
- Rattlers & Reptiles: 15.6 mi
- Neill Museum: 17.4 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 17.8 mi
- Marfa Museum: 17.8 mi
- The Block: 17.8 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 18.2 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 18.3 mi
- Prada Marfa: 22.9 mi
- Point of Rocks roadside park: 4.6 mi
- Madera Canyon Roadside Park: 11.2 mi
- McDonald Observatory: 11.5 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 18.4 mi
- Winter Garden: 17.8 mi
- Marfa Lights View Park: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Bloys Camp Meeting. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Peak | NNW 342° | 2,537 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Livermore | NNW 342° | 2,492 m | 6.5 mi |
| Brooks Mountain | NNW 327° | 2,365 m | 7.2 mi |
| Paradise Mountain | N 359° | 2,354 m | 3.4 mi |
| Pine Peak | NNE 12° | 2,341 m | 7.7 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NNW 331° | 2,333 m | 10.9 mi |
| Richman Mountain | N 349° | 2,315 m | 7.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 38° | 2,296 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:37 | 20:08 |
| June solstice | 06:55 | 20:28 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:46 | 19:23 | 19:55 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 17:24 | 18:01 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 53 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Locke, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6385747193
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