Comanche Peak
Comanche Peak is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Bunker Hill stands 427 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Rough Creek Park, a park 2.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail runs past it. 200 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1969
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Lakes Trail
200 named places within 25 miles
- Rough Creek Park: 2.3 mi
- Lauren Community Park: 3.1 mi
- Church Recreation Field: 3.2 mi
- Granbury City Beach Park: 3.9 mi
- Hewlett Rock Park: 4.0 mi
- Hood County News: 3.0 mi
- Wright-Henderson-Duncan House: 3.5 mi
- First Christian Church of Granbury: 3.8 mi
- James Hogan Doyle and Mary Kate Stringfellow Doyle: 3.8 mi
- Daniel House: 3.9 mi
- Thompson Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Barnard Knob: 9.3 mi
- Berry Knob: 11.6 mi
- Nebo Mountain: 15.4 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 16.6 mi
- Greetings from Glen Rose: 10.5 mi
- Paluxy Trading Co.: 10.5 mi
- Barnards of the Brazos: 10.5 mi
- Historic Glen Rose: 10.6 mi
- Historic Barnards Mill: 10.7 mi
- County Jail Museum: 4.0 mi
- Rail Station Museum: 4.3 mi
- Somervell County Historical Society Museum: 10.5 mi
- Barnard's Mill and Art Museum: 10.7 mi
- Creation Evidence Museum: 10.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Conway Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Milliken Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Stephens Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Hendrick Arnold Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Apatosaurus: 9.7 mi
- Tyrannosaurus rex: 9.7 mi
- The Spirit of Cleburne: 23.4 mi
- Stephenville Club Lake Old Mill House: 23.6 mi
- Stephenville Club Lake Pavillion: 23.6 mi
- Lake Granbury Master Gardener Demonstration Garden: 4.1 mi
- elizabeth crockett butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
- Somervell County Master Gardeners Demo Garden: 10.6 mi
- Iris Garden: 21.8 mi
- Guinn Garden at Buffalo Creek: 23.2 mi
- Acton Nature Center: 7.9 mi
- Glen Rose Bird Sanctuary: 10.6 mi
- Stephenville Club Lake Nature Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 24.6 mi
- Brazos Point: 16.8 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 17.6 mi
- Three Way: 21.3 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 21.0 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 21.5 mi
- Old City Spring: 23.2 mi
- Canoe Docks: 7.9 mi
- Stephenville Club Lake Beach: 23.6 mi
- Acton Tabernacle: 6.9 mi
- Stephenville Club Lake Waterfalls: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Comanche Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | SW 236° | 427 m | 23.4 mi |
| Lone Mountain | SW 218° | 413 m | 19.0 mi |
| Chalk Mountain | SSW 209° | 390 m | 16.6 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | S 187° | 362 m | 23.9 mi |
| Double Mountain | WNW 296° | 359 m | 21.5 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | S 186° | 359 m | 23.7 mi |
| Tater Nob | N 7° | 344 m | 18.4 mi |
| Chattanooga Hill | NNE 17° | 330 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:06 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:53 | 17:31 |
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 | 72 | 81 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Granbury 5N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12414184437
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