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Helium Time Columns Monument and Museum

Helium Time Columns Monument and Museum from directly overhead

Helium Time Columns Monument and Museum 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 Monument, 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.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1968
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates35.19954, -101.91349

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

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: 7.1 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: 13.7 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 Time Columns Monument and Museum. 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	7.1 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

OpenStreetMap element node/12453470355

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