Historic site · Texas

First Oil Well in Hockley County

First Oil Well in Hockley County from directly overhead

First Oil Well in Hockley County is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,082 m. The nearest named place is Park Street Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 12 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1973
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates33.42550, -102.49012

12.2 mi off the Texas Plains Trail

Around it

56 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites33

City of Sundown Cemetery: 2.4 mi
City of Levelland Cemetery: 12.3 mi
Hockley County Cemetery: 12.7 mi
Fifth Street Missionary Baptist Church: 12.9 mi
City of Levelland: 12.9 mi

Parks19

Park Street Park: 1.9 mi
Sunset Park: 2.2 mi
Country Club Park: 11.7 mi
Double U Park: 12.3 mi
Lobo Lake Park: 12.6 mi

Museums2

Whiteface Historical Museum: 13.8 mi
Terry County Historical Museum: 21.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Tokio: 20.9 mi

Artworks1

Antique Tractor: 24.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:55	19:29	20:02
June solstice	06:41	20:27	21:04
September equinox	07:39	19:15	19:48
December solstice	07:51	17:09	17:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	40	43	51	59	69	77	79	77	70	60	48	41
Precip in	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.4	2.7	2.1	2.3	2.3	1.5	0.9	0.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12414124144

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