First Telephone Exchange
First Telephone Exchange is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 908 m. Sierra Madera stands 1,370 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Telegraph Office and School, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Pecos Trail passes 0.7 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1975
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
55 named places within 25 miles
- Telegraph Office and School: 0.3 mi
- Fort Stockton, C.S.A.: 0.3 mi
- Courthouse, Jail and Zero Stone: 0.4 mi
- Oldest House: 0.4 mi
- Site of Fort Stockton: 0.4 mi
- Twomile Hill: 2.8 mi
- Fivemile Hill: 4.6 mi
- Fivemile Mesa: 4.7 mi
- Flat Top: 6.4 mi
- The Needle Point: 6.6 mi
- Zero Stone Park: 0.4 mi
- James Rooney Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Lannom Park: 0.6 mi
- Cummings Park: 0.6 mi
- Jaycee Park: 0.7 mi
- Comanche Springs: 0.4 mi
- Monument Springs: 20.0 mi
- Bonebrake Spring: 20.0 mi
- Giant Road Runner: 0.8 mi
- Paisano Pete: Giant Roadrunner: 0.8 mi
- Annie Riggs Museum: 0.4 mi
- Baldridge, Texas: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of First Telephone Exchange. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Madera | S 185° | 1,370 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pikes Peak | SW 222° | 1,154 m | 17.9 mi |
| Twelvemile Mesa | SW 219° | 1,139 m | 10.2 mi |
| Triple Butte | WSW 238° | 1,107 m | 17.5 mi |
| Fivemile Mesa | ESE 111° | 1,024 m | 4.7 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | SSW 210° | 972 m | 4.6 mi |
| Twomile Hill | W 276° | 961 m | 2.8 mi |
| Big Mesa | E 85° | 960 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:56 | 19:32 | 20:03 |
| June solstice | 06:50 | 20:23 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:41 | 19:18 | 19:50 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 17:18 | 17:55 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Stockton, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6346397860
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