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Chief of the Pastores Casimiro Romero

Chief of the Pastores Casimiro Romero from directly overhead

Chief of the Pastores Casimiro Romero is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,205 m. Kerlin Hill stands 1,376 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Hills, a peak 7.8 miles away. 7 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1970
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates35.75854, -102.88306

Around it

7 named places within 25 miles

Peaks7

Sand Hills: 7.8 mi
High Lonesome Hill: 9.1 mi
Doyle Hill: 11.3 mi
Syndicate Hills: 15.4 mi
Bennett Sand Hills: 15.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Kerlin Hill	WSW 249°	1,376 m	17.5 mi
Doyle Hill	WSW 248°	1,355 m	11.3 mi
High Lonesome Hill	W 272°	1,331 m	9.1 mi
Red White and Blue Sand Hills	N 356°	1,304 m	17.3 mi
Sand Hills	SW 230°	1,296 m	7.8 mi
Bennett Sand Hills	N 6°	1,289 m	15.8 mi
Syndicate Hills	NNE 15°	1,276 m	15.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:56	19:30	20:04
June solstice	06:37	20:34	21:12
September equinox	07:40	19:16	19:50
December solstice	07:58	17:03	17:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	35	39	46	54	63	73	76	75	67	56	44	36
Precip in	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.9	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.9	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bravo, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12403654302

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