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Lamar Building

Lamar Building from directly overhead

Lamar Building is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 921 m. Courthouse Mountain stands 909 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Crosby County Courthouses, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Plains Trail runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1967
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.65903, -101.23956

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks: 15
  • Pumpkin: 22.6 mi
  • Pumpkin: 22.7 mi
  • Pumpkin: 22.9 mi
  • Pumpkin: 23.1 mi
  • Pumpkin: 23.1 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Indian Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Mount Blanco: 9.2 mi
  • Negro Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 13.7 mi
  • Negro Hill: 15.7 mi
Parks: 8
  • Crosbyton Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lions Park: 8.5 mi
  • Floydada Park: 22.9 mi
  • Jimmie Lou Stewart Park: 22.9 mi
  • Dickens City Park: 23.3 mi
Museums: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Silver Falls: 4.6 mi
  • 20 foot falls: 4.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Gholson Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Dickens Spring: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Courthouse MountainSSW 212°909 m18.2 mi
Haystack MountainE 93°879 m16.6 mi
Mackenzie PeakE 93°874 m22.3 mi
Indian HillESE 117°845 m6.1 mi
Negro HillSSE 148°811 m11.6 mi
Bunker HillSE 124°811 m13.7 mi
Negro HillSE 128°797 m15.7 mi
Soldier MoundESE 111°756 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2419:57
June solstice06:3620:2220:59
September equinox07:3419:1019:43
December solstice07:4617:0317:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404452606977807972625041
Precip in0.80.91.41.82.93.02.42.02.71.71.11.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crosbyton, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12403514549

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