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First Plant of Acme Brick Company

First Plant of Acme Brick Company from directly overhead

First Plant of Acme Brick Company is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Crawford Mountain stands 443 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Poe Prairie, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 13 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1966
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.69629, -98.01043

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks: 48
  • Arteburn Point: 5.2 mi
  • Potato Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Duke Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Inspiration Point: 6.2 mi
  • Buzzard Hill: 8.3 mi
Parks: 47
  • Fort Wolters Historical Park: 8.8 mi
  • Southeast Park: 9.0 mi
  • Lake Mineral Wells State Park and Trailway: 9.3 mi
  • Zappe Park: 9.9 mi
  • Optimist Park: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 10
Museums: 8
Cliffs: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Greetings from Mineral Wells: 9.7 mi
  • Historic Downtown Weatherford: 13.1 mi
  • Parker County Peach Festival: 13.1 mi
  • Life is Peachy: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • State park swim beach: 8.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Plant of Acme Brick Company. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crawford MountainWNW 286°443 m21.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 276°443 m24.3 mi
Slipdown MountainNNE 18°415 m18.0 mi
Kyle MountainWNW 296°414 m20.0 mi
McClure MountainNW 313°396 m23.2 mi
Whit MountainWSW 258°394 m19.7 mi
Schoolhouse MountainWNW 293°394 m23.4 mi
Schoolhouse MountainWNW 293°393 m23.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:2520:0720:44
September equinox07:2118:5819:30
December solstice07:3116:5317:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F455058657380848476665547
Precip in1.62.23.02.64.03.62.12.52.73.32.41.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineral Wells AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971415478

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