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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. 80 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

80 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 38
Artworks: 21
  • Pumpkin: 18.3 mi
  • Pumpkin: 18.8 mi
  • Pumpkin: 18.8 mi
  • Pumpkin: 18.9 mi
  • Pumpkin: 18.9 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 PeaksN 351°865 m13.3 mi
Antelope HillNNE 33°824 m6.6 mi
Connally PeakNE 44°798 m4.5 mi
Boone MountainENE 77°791 m6.5 mi
Lucky KnobENE 66°677 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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