Camp Salmon, C.S.A.
Camp Salmon, C.S.A. is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 440 m. Mexican Hat Hill stands 612 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ol' Rip, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forts Trail passes 7.0 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1963
- Material
- granite
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastland County Courthouse: 0.0 mi
- Eastland: 0.0 mi
- Early Banking in Eastland: 0.0 mi
- Early Settlers of Eastland County: 0.1 mi
- First Christian Church: 0.1 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Gunsight Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Maxwell Mountain: 13.1 mi
- Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum: 0.0 mi
- Eastland County Museum: 0.1 mi
- Old Eastland County Jail & Museum: 0.1 mi
- Conrad Hilton Center: 9.5 mi
- Museum of Aircraft Perservation: 22.7 mi
- Eastland City Park: 0.9 mi
- Six Flags Park: 1.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 9.9 mi
- Cisco City Park: 10.4 mi
- Colquitt Williams Memorial Park: 22.8 mi
- Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Eastland County Westbound Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- I-20 Westbound Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Mangum: 6.1 mi
- Alameda, Texas: 11.1 mi
- La Casa: 15.7 mi
- Desdemona: 18.1 mi
- Thurber: 24.6 mi
- Ol' Rip: 0.0 mi
- Thurber Smokestack: 24.6 mi
- Grimes Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Jim's vegetable garden: 24.8 mi
- Campbell's Tomato Soup: 1.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Salmon, C.S.A.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican Hat Hill | WSW 237° | 612 m | 22.9 mi |
| Coyote Peak | SSW 213° | 571 m | 22.6 mi |
| Jameson Peaks | ESE 108° | 507 m | 19.9 mi |
| Gunsight Mountain | NNW 340° | 503 m | 8.0 mi |
| Blue Hills | E 100° | 501 m | 24.3 mi |
| Twin Mountain | E 94° | 499 m | 23.5 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | WNW 301° | 494 m | 11.2 mi |
| Steal Easy Mountain | N 11° | 482 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:15 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:10 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:57 | 17:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastland, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9324720794
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