Historic site · Texas

Helium Monument

Helium Monument from directly overhead

Helium Monument is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,113 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,156 m to the west-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Helium Time Columns Monument and Museum, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 64 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access: Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates35.19955, -101.91332

63.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
3.3 mi off the Texas Plains Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Helium Time Columns Monument and Museum: 0.0 mi
Smith-Rogers House: 1.2 mi
Amarillo High School Monument: 2.4 mi
Amarillo Helium Plant: 2.4 mi
William Henry Bush: 2.6 mi

Parks

Medical Center Park (Medipark): 0.2 mi
Rock Island Rail Trail Park: 0.7 mi
Rock Island Rail Trail Park: 0.7 mi
Rock Island Rail Trail Park: 1.0 mi
Belmar School Park: 1.0 mi

Attractions26

Amarillo Botanical Gardens: 0.2 mi
Hobo Hills: 0.5 mi
Amarillo Scaregrounds: 2.5 mi
Light-Red Cadillac: 3.5 mi
White Cadillac: 3.5 mi

Peaks18

Wildcat Bluff: 3.6 mi
Wolf Mountain: 7.2 mi
Goat Mountain: 8.1 mi
Coyote Bluff: 9.4 mi
Rotten Hill: 18.8 mi

Museums11

Don Harrington Discovery Center: 0.0 mi
Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center: 3.3 mi
AC Museum of natural history: 3.8 mi
Amarillo Museum of Art: 3.9 mi
Harrington House: 4.2 mi

Picnic sites9

Lois Rice Pavilion: 15.8 mi
Southeast Park Pavilion: 16.0 mi
1: 16.4 mi
2: 16.4 mi
3: 16.5 mi

Artworks7

Horse: 4.4 mi
Heart: 4.4 mi
Rick Husband: 4.7 mi
Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 14.8 mi
Tex Randall statue: 14.9 mi

Nature reserves5

Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 13.3 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 13.8 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 15.0 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 16.6 mi
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 22.8 mi

Gardens2

6th Street Urban Farm: 2.0 mi
Hope Garden: 2.3 mi

Cliffs2

The Palisades: 11.2 mi
Fortress Cliff: 22.3 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Amarillo and Safety Rest Area: 10.6 mi

Waterfalls1

River Falls: 13.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Goat Mountain	WNW 290°	1,156 m	8.1 mi
Wolf Mountain	NW 305°	1,126 m	7.2 mi
Coyote Bluff	NW 318°	1,088 m	9.4 mi
Wildcat Bluff	NW 326°	1,082 m	3.6 mi
Rotten Hill	NW 307°	1,035 m	18.8 mi
Five Fingers	WNW 303°	1,030 m	19.1 mi
Cooley Butte	SE 138°	1,029 m	19.0 mi
Brushy Butte	SE 138°	1,026 m	20.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:52	19:26	20:00
June solstice	06:34	20:29	21:06
September equinox	07:36	19:13	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	39	47	54	64	74	77	76	68	57	45	37
Precip in	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.4	2.5	2.8	2.5	2.8	1.4	2.1	0.8	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bushland 1 WSW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/609552420

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