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First Officers Training Camp

First Officers Training Camp from directly overhead

First Officers Training Camp is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 344 m. Mount Smith stands 578 m to the west, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Champion's Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1999
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates29.66626, -98.63067
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Champion's Park: 0.7 mi
  • Stage Run Park: 0.7 mi
  • Raymond Russell Park: 2.7 mi
  • Norman Vestal Park: 3.9 mi
  • Eisenhower Park: 4.2 mi
Peaks
  • Aue Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Butler Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Schasse Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Middleton Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Anderson Hill: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 55
Attractions: 48
  • Texas Treehouse: 4.7 mi
  • Kinderstein: 4.9 mi
  • iFLY: 5.4 mi
  • Andretti Indoor Karting and Games: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade Caverns: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Batmobile: 5.0 mi
  • Sushi Cat: 7.9 mi
  • Bloom: 12.0 mi
  • Bloom: 12.0 mi
  • World's Largest Cowboy Boots: 13.0 mi
Springs: 19
  • Huesta Springs: 4.3 mi
  • Panther Springs: 5.4 mi
  • Morales Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Government Canyon Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Indian Springs: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 15
Nature reserves: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of First Officers Training Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SmithW 281°578 m8.1 mi
Sabinas MountainNNW 333°567 m15.0 mi
Three MountainsWNW 288°566 m15.2 mi
Jack MountainW 278°557 m9.9 mi
Twin MountainsW 270°546 m9.4 mi
Malikoff HillNNW 337°537 m12.1 mi
Smith HillNNW 344°494 m13.2 mi
Blue HeavenWSW 253°487 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1519:46
June solstice06:3620:0420:39
September equinox07:2419:0119:33
December solstice07:2617:0517:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360667379828277685850
Precip in2.32.22.82.55.33.82.82.83.93.92.92.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12395184213

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