Niles City
Niles City is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Tater Hill stands 343 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Swift & Company, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1981
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Cowtown Cattlepen Maze: 0.1 mi
- Stockyards: 0.1 mi
- Livestock Exchange Building: 0.2 mi
- Cowtown Coliseum Rodeo: 0.2 mi
- Pearls Dance Hall: 0.5 mi
- Rodeo Park: 0.5 mi
- Diamond Hill Park: 0.6 mi
- Marine Park: 0.7 mi
- Circle Park: 0.9 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.9 mi
- Swift & Company: 0.0 mi
- Armour and Company: 0.0 mi
- Fort Worth Belt Railway: 0.0 mi
- Fort Worth Stockyards Hog and Sheep Markets: 0.1 mi
- Quanah Parker: 0.1 mi
- The Cardinal: 1.7 mi
- Keep Floating On: 1.7 mi
- Last Supper: 1.9 mi
- Christus: 1.9 mi
- Selah: 1.9 mi
- Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame: 0.2 mi
- Fort Worth Stockyards Museum: 0.2 mi
- National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame: 0.5 mi
- Fort Worth Aviation Museum: 1.3 mi
- Vintage Flying Museum: 1.7 mi
- Rosie the Riveter Memorial Rose Garden: 1.8 mi
- Water Conservation Garden: 3.5 mi
- Pollinator Pathway: 3.5 mi
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden Gift Shop: 3.5 mi
- Margery Leonard Courtyard: 3.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 10.8 mi
- Murray Hill: 12.8 mi
- Mount Donwell: 13.2 mi
- Town Common: 15.9 mi
- Brushy Mound: 16.3 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 12.8 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 14.5 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 18.3 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 21.3 mi
- Inspiration Point: 4.1 mi
- Lone Point: 7.8 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 11.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 24.5 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 10.3 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 21.2 mi
- Elizabethtown: 16.6 mi
- Sowers: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Niles City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Hill | WNW 295° | 343 m | 23.7 mi |
| Chattanooga Hill | WSW 251° | 330 m | 20.3 mi |
| Joe Bell Mountain | W 259° | 324 m | 23.4 mi |
| Caddo Peak | S 190° | 303 m | 21.6 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SSW 192° | 303 m | 23.5 mi |
| Burton Knob | WNW 300° | 278 m | 18.0 mi |
| Brushy Mound | S 181° | 275 m | 16.3 mi |
| Turkey Peak | S 181° | 266 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:50 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 79 | 69 | 57 | 49 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Worth Meacham FLD Naaf, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13971399362
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