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Cottonwood Mott Line Camp

Cottonwood Mott Line Camp from directly overhead

Cottonwood Mott Line Camp is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 843 m. Quitaque Peaks stands 865 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Campbell Roadside Park, a rest area 3.1 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 7.2 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1986
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.00893, -101.00679

63 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 35
Artworks: 7
  • Pumpkin: 18.3 mi
  • Quitaque Panthers & Pantherettes: 24.8 mi
  • Welcome to Quitaque - Home of the Valley Patriots: 24.8 mi
  • Greetings from Quitaque: 24.8 mi
  • In God We Trust: 24.8 mi
Peaks: 6
  • Connally Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Boone Mountain: 6.5 mi
  • Antelope Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Quitaque Peaks: 13.3 mi
  • Mount Blanco: 20.6 mi
Parks: 6
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
  • Annie M. Taylor Park: 18.1 mi
  • Eagles Hall Park: 18.6 mi
  • Jimmie Lou Stewart Park: 19.0 mi
  • Floydada Park: 19.4 mi
Museums: 5
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quitaque PeaksN865 m13.3 mi
Antelope HillNNE824 m6.6 mi
Connally PeakNE798 m4.5 mi
Boone MountainENE791 m6.5 mi
Lucky KnobENE677 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2319:56
June solstice06:3420:2220:59
September equinox07:3319:0919:42
December solstice07:4617:0117:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414452606978818072625042
Precip in0.80.91.42.02.83.42.02.73.01.91.11.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Matador, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12452354888

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