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Frankel City

Frankel City from directly overhead

Frankel City is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 998 m. Andrews County High Point stands 1,088 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Whalen Lake School, a historic site 2.0 miles away. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1984
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

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Coordinates32.35801, -102.77413

Around it

28 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites12

Parks9

Carter Park: 12.9 mi
Lakeside Park: 13.0 mi
Old Florey Park: 13.7 mi
Shafter's Trail: 13.7 mi
Wetland Park: 13.8 mi

Peaks3

Jumbo Hill: 10.2 mi
Windmill Hill: 16.1 mi
Andrews County High Point: 19.0 mi

Ghost towns2

Shafter Lake: 7.5 mi
Fasken: 20.4 mi

Rest areas1

Andrews County Northbound Rest Area: 14.6 mi

Gardens1

Everjams Fields: 21.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frankel City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Andrews County High Point	WNW 298°	1,088 m	19.0 mi
Windmill Hill	WNW 288°	1,067 m	16.1 mi
Jumbo Hill	WNW 285°	1,044 m	10.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:56	19:31	20:03
June solstice	06:45	20:26	21:02
September equinox	07:40	19:17	19:49
December solstice	07:49	17:13	17:51

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	45	50	57	66	74	81	83	82	75	66	54	46
Precip in	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.4	1.7	1.6	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andrews, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/9461090322

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