Historic site · Texas

Booker

Booker from directly overhead

Booker is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 863 m. Indian Hill stands 790 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Route of Jones & Plummer Trail, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 90 miles off. 44 named places lie within 25 miles.

About

The story

town in Lipscomb and Ochiltree counties in Texas, United States

Wikidata Q974450, matched on coordinates and name (666 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built: 1969
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.45562, -100.53087

90.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National

Around it

44 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites28

Parks9

Deutsches Gardens: 11.5 mi
Darrouzett School Park: 11.5 mi
Darrouzett City Park: 12.1 mi
Murphy Park: 15.4 mi
Whigham Park: 15.7 mi

Museums3

Museum of the Plains: 15.4 mi
Wolf Creek Heritage Museum: 20.9 mi
Jones and Plummer Trail Museum: 24.3 mi

Cliffs1

Bean Pott Cliff: 4.6 mi

Peaks1

Indian Hill: 16.4 mi

Nature reserves1

Gene Howe Wildlife Management Area - W. A. (Pat) Murphy Unit: 24.3 mi

Artworks1

Big Beaver: 25.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Booker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Indian Hill	ENE 79°	790 m	16.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:47	19:20	19:54
June solstice	06:25	20:26	21:04
September equinox	07:31	19:07	19:41
December solstice	07:51	16:51	17:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	37	40	49	58	67	78	82	80	73	60	48	38
Precip in	0.7	0.6	1.5	1.9	2.8	3.2	3.5	3.0	1.9	2.0	0.8	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perryton, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12438067932

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