Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 936 m. Ector County High Point stands 1,024 m to the northeast, 5.0 miles off. Texas Pecos Trail passes 17 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1964
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
58 named places within 25 miles
- Notrees: 6.2 mi
- The Sand Hills: 7.9 mi
- Kermit: 13.2 mi
- Kermit's Oldest Home: 13.2 mi
- Moorhead Cable Tool Rig: 13.3 mi
- Pioneer Park: 13.3 mi
- Winkler County Park: 13.3 mi
- Boy Scout Park: 13.7 mi
- Walton Park: 13.8 mi
- Vest Park: 13.9 mi
- Ector County High Point: 5.0 mi
- Kermit Sand Hills: 8.7 mi
- Monahans Sandhills: 15.7 mi
- Roy Orbison Museum: 20.0 mi
- Million Barrel Museum: 20.6 mi
- Meteor Crater Museum: 24.1 mi
- Southeast corner of New Mexico: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ector County High Point | NE 46° | 1,024 m | 5.0 mi |
| Kermit Sand Hills | WNW 304° | 930 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:56 | 19:31 | 20:03 |
| June solstice | 06:47 | 20:25 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:40 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 17:15 | 17:52 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kermit, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6346201926
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