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"Kelly No. 2" Flight Line

"Kelly No. 2" Flight Line from directly overhead

"Kelly No. 2" Flight Line is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Blue Heaven stands 487 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Station "X", a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.8 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1986
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.38451, -98.57419

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Lindbergh Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kennedy Park: 1.2 mi
  • South San Pedro Park: 1.4 mi
  • Stillman Park: 1.8 mi
  • Normoyle Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Prickly Pear Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Curly Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Red Oak Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Hillcrest: 6.8 mi
  • Padrone Hill: 9.2 mi
Museums: 58
  • USAF Airman Heritage Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Bent Easel Art Gallery: 5.0 mi
  • Contemporary at Blue Star: 5.0 mi
  • Blue Star Contemporary Art Center: 5.0 mi
  • Magical Realism Photography Studio: 5.0 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Casa Navarro State Historical Site: 5.3 mi
  • River boat boarding: 5.7 mi
  • Yanaguana Garden: 5.8 mi
  • La Villita: 5.8 mi
  • Former Mission 4 Drive In: 5.8 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Dream Song Tower: 3.3 mi
  • Southside Selena Mural: 4.5 mi
  • Ghost Bike: 4.6 mi
  • Tito Memorial Mural: 4.6 mi
  • Possible: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 16
  • McNutt River Gardens: 5.9 mi
  • Frost Gardens: 5.9 mi
  • Denver Heights Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Gardopia Gardens: 7.4 mi
  • Japanese Peace Garden: 8.6 mi
Springs: 11
  • San Pedro Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Huesta Springs: 16.8 mi
  • Scenic Park Pond: 17.7 mi
  • Government Canyon Springs: 17.8 mi
  • Morales Spring: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Medicine Wall: 15.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of "Kelly No. 2" Flight Line. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue HeavenNW 313°487 m22.6 mi
Black HillNNW 326°484 m17.3 mi
Round HillNNW 342°465 m22.3 mi
Cross MountainNNW 344°460 m20.0 mi
High HillN 3°456 m20.9 mi
Leon HillN 2°451 m19.4 mi
Sykes HillN 2°449 m22.2 mi
Butte HillN 3°449 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1519:46
June solstice06:3620:0320:38
September equinox07:2319:0119:32
December solstice07:2517:0517:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535764707882858681726053

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Antonio Kelly AFB, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5248071930

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