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Hotel Turkey

Hotel Turkey from directly overhead

Hotel Turkey is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 713 m. Old Flat Top stands 923 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Ham's Barber Shop (RTHL), a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

The story

historic place in Turkey, Hall County, Texas

Dates from 1927.

Wikidata Q5912057, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1985
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.39394, -100.89772

52 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 10
  • Eagles Point: 10.3 mi
  • Old Flat Top: 11.5 mi
  • Haynes Ridge: 12.3 mi
  • Schott Mountain: 14.4 mi
  • Quitaque Peaks: 15.9 mi
Artworks: 6
Parks: 4
  • Bob Wills Park: 0.2 mi
  • Quitaque City Park: 9.3 mi
  • Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway: 9.3 mi
  • Silverton Municipal Park: 24.0 mi
Museums: 3
Springs: 2
  • Terry Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Minnow Spring: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lingos Falls: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Old Flat TopW 273°923 m11.5 mi
Quitaque PeaksSSW 212°865 m15.9 mi
Schott MountainNW 310°845 m14.4 mi
Eagles PointWNW 286°833 m10.3 mi
Antelope HillS 187°824 m21.2 mi
Connally PeakS 188°798 m23.5 mi
Indian PeakNW 309°797 m18.8 mi
Lucky KnobSE 138°677 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2219:56
June solstice06:3220:2321:00
September equinox07:3219:0919:42
December solstice07:4716:5917:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414553617079838174635143
Precip in0.91.01.62.53.33.92.42.62.91.91.10.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Turkey, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12403647771

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