Eastland
Eastland 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 Eastland County Courthouse, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forts Trail passes 7.0 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Museum building at 114 S. Seaman St. Eastland, Texas.
Dates from 1992.
Wikidata Q107319300, matched on coordinates and name (19 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
127 named places within 25 miles
- Eastland County Courthouse: 0.0 mi
- Early Banking in Eastland: 0.0 mi
- Camp Salmon, C.S.A.: 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: 7.1 mi
- Gunsight Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Maxwell Mountain: 13.1 mi
- Eastland County Museum: 0.0 mi
- Austin McCloud Appellate Court 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
- Mangum: 6.1 mi
- Alameda, Texas: 11.1 mi
- La Casa: 15.7 mi
- Desdemona: 18.1 mi
- Thurber: 24.6 mi
- Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Eastland County Westbound Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- I-20 Westbound Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- I-20 Eastbound Picnic Area: 20.5 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 Eastland. 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 | 8.1 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/9324720793
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