Historic site · Texas

H. W. and Katie Galbraith House

H. W. and Katie Galbraith House from directly overhead

H. W. and Katie Galbraith House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,119 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,156 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Avery and Mary Turner House, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 68 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1991
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.19481, -101.83985

67.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
On the Texas Plains Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Parks

Sandborn Park: 0.3 mi
Ellwood Park: 0.7 mi
28th Ave Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Oliver Eakle Park: 0.8 mi

Attractions26

Amarillo Mural: 0.4 mi
Free Wall: 0.5 mi
Santa Fe Building: 0.7 mi
Paramount Theater Blade Sign: 0.7 mi
Fisk Building: 0.8 mi

Peaks18

Wildcat Bluff: 7.0 mi
Wolf Mountain: 11.0 mi
Goat Mountain: 12.2 mi
Coyote Bluff: 12.8 mi
Cooley Butte: 16.3 mi

Museums11

Harrington House: 0.2 mi
Amarillo Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
AC Museum of natural history: 0.6 mi
Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame: 1.6 mi
American Quarter Horse Museum: 1.8 mi

Picnic sites9

Southeast Park Pavilion: 16.0 mi
Lois Rice Pavilion: 16.1 mi
1: 16.7 mi
2: 16.7 mi
3: 16.8 mi

Artworks7

Horse: 0.9 mi
Heart: 0.9 mi
Rick Husband: 1.0 mi
Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 15.0 mi
The Original Texans: 15.3 mi

Nature reserves5

Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 14.8 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 15.7 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 17.1 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 17.7 mi
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 24.9 mi

Gardens2

Hope Garden: 2.3 mi
6th Street Urban Farm: 2.6 mi

Cliffs2

The Palisades: 9.2 mi
Fortress Cliff: 19.6 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Amarillo and Safety Rest Area: 6.4 mi

Waterfalls1

River Falls: 11.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of H. W. and Katie Galbraith House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Goat Mountain	WNW 285°	1,156 m	12.2 mi
Wolf Mountain	WNW 294°	1,126 m	11.0 mi
Coyote Bluff	NW 305°	1,088 m	12.8 mi
Wildcat Bluff	WNW 298°	1,082 m	7.0 mi
Rotten Hill	WNW 301°	1,035 m	22.5 mi
Five Fingers	WNW 298°	1,030 m	22.8 mi
Cooley Butte	SSE 148°	1,029 m	16.3 mi
Brushy Butte	SSE 147°	1,026 m	18.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:52	19:26	19:59
June solstice	06:34	20:28	21:06
September equinox	07:36	19:12	19:46
December solstice	07:53	17:01	17:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	36	40	47	55	65	74	78	77	70	58	46	37

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amarillo 7ene, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453470361

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