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Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail

Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail from directly overhead

Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 952 m. Antelope Peak stands 1,024 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Beale Road, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Plains Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1974
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates35.65438, -101.40535

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 25
  • Weatherly Dugout and Plainsmen Park: 0.2 mi
  • Huber Park: 0.5 mi
  • Johnson Park: 0.7 mi
  • Agnes Howe Youth Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fritz Thompson Park: 1.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Peaks: 4
Museums: 3
Artworks: 1
  • White Deer Mascott: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Smith-Santa Fe Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Antelope PeakWSW 245°1,024 m10.2 mi
Lost MesaWSW 250°1,013 m23.7 mi
Hackberry MesaWSW 248°1,011 m23.5 mi
Signal HillN 3°987 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2419:58
June solstice06:3120:2821:05
September equinox07:3419:1019:44
December solstice07:5216:5717:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404452606978818073624940
Precip in0.70.61.32.02.72.83.03.71.82.00.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Borger, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12438046205

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