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Family Forts, C.S.A.

Family Forts, C.S.A. from directly overhead

Family Forts, C.S.A. is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 367 m. Antelope Hills stands 525 m to the west, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Griffin State Historic Site, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1963
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates32.92568, -99.21853

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Hospital Compound: 0.7 mi
  • Laundress’s Quarters: 0.7 mi
  • Administration Building: 0.7 mi
  • Commanding Officer’s Quarters: 0.7 mi
  • Fort Griffin Civil Jail: 0.8 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Mount Air: 7.5 mi
  • Flat Top: 8.7 mi
  • Round Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Antelope Hills: 9.9 mi
  • Buzzard Peak: 10.9 mi
Parks: 10
Museums: 6
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Family Forts, C.S.A.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Antelope HillsW 272°525 m9.9 mi
Hoover MountainNW 313°485 m13.2 mi
Sellers HillN 349°481 m18.0 mi
Greer MountainsS 183°456 m21.4 mi
Round HillSSW 206°455 m8.7 mi
Flat TopSSE 166°435 m20.1 mi
Buzzard PeakNW 310°433 m10.9 mi
Mugginsville MountainSSE 167°431 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1619:49
June solstice06:3020:1320:49
September equinox07:2619:0319:35
December solstice07:3616:5717:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424754637280838275645345
Precip in1.21.72.22.23.83.42.52.42.82.61.71.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Griffin, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12453545525

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