Gestapo HQ
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Gestapo HQ is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Franklin Mountain stands 427 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Jack Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 14 miles off.
How to reach it
- 13.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Jack Field: 5.3 mi
- Cooper Field: 5.5 mi
- Rodney J Evans Softball Complex: 5.6 mi
- First Calvary Division Display Field: 5.6 mi
- Fort Hood Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
- 1st Cavalry Division Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Bell UH-1H Iroquois: 5.5 mi
- M1230 Caiman MRAP: 5.6 mi
- M450 Buldozer: 5.6 mi
- M725 Ambulance: 5.6 mi
- Jack Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Lone Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Blackwell Mountains: 3.7 mi
- Bushy Gap: 3.9 mi
- Native Wildscape Garden (Bird, Bee, Butterfly & Bat Garden): 4.9 mi
- 10th St. Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Alvarez Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Kelly Flading Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Killeen Municipal Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- 1st cav War on Terror: 5.6 mi
- National Mounted Warrior Museum: 6.7 mi
- Showcase Room: 6.7 mi
- Coryell County Museum: 14.9 mi
- Bell County Museum: 21.6 mi
- CCC Rock Tower: 19.3 mi
- Bird Blind: 19.4 mi
- CCC Plaque: 19.6 mi
- Historic Bell: 19.6 mi
- Old Town Salado: 23.4 mi
- Adams Spring: 21.8 mi
- Warwick Springs: 23.4 mi
- Headquarters Springs: 23.5 mi
- Gooch Spring: 24.9 mi
- Brookhaven: 9.2 mi
- Bland: 15.4 mi
- Aiken: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Gestapo HQ. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Mountain | W 276° | 427 m | 16.4 mi |
| Crawford Mountain | WSW 255° | 416 m | 14.8 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | SW 230° | 401 m | 14.8 mi |
| Twin Mountain | NW 308° | 398 m | 17.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | WSW 254° | 389 m | 11.2 mi |
| Herzog Mountain | WSW 253° | 382 m | 10.4 mi |
| Twin Mountains | WSW 249° | 381 m | 9.4 mi |
| Sevenmile Mountain | SSW 209° | 374 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:57 | 17:33 |
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 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 49 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Killeen, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10980190096
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