Officers' Club Open Mess
Officers' Club Open Mess is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 348 m. Black Mountain stands 634 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is 2nd Cavalry Division at Fort Clark, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Pecos Trail runs past it. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
Historic place in Brackettville, Kinney County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110025434, matched on coordinates and name (52 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2010
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Pecos Trail
- 25.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
65 named places within 25 miles
- 2nd Cavalry Division at Fort Clark: 0.0 mi
- Army Service Club: 0.1 mi
- Officers Quarters 2-3 and 4: 0.1 mi
- Fort Clark: 0.1 mi
- Las Moras Spring: 0.1 mi
- Las Moras Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Elm Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Pinto Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Indian Head Peak: 12.3 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 14.0 mi
- Barrilla Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Chimney Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Fort Clark Guardhouse: 0.2 mi
- Tequesquite Spring: 18.3 mi
- Kickapoo Cavern State Park: 21.1 mi
- Dabney: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Officers' Club Open Mess. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NNE 14° | 634 m | 22.5 mi |
| Indian Mountain | NNE 20° | 622 m | 23.5 mi |
| Boiling Mountain | NE 51° | 602 m | 23.7 mi |
| Dutch Mountain | NNE 18° | 588 m | 20.7 mi |
| Salmon Peak | NE 52° | 547 m | 19.4 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | ENE 71° | 545 m | 14.0 mi |
| Loma la Cruz | NE 46° | 532 m | 19.3 mi |
| Whitecotton Peaks | ENE 60° | 530 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:22 | 19:54 |
| June solstice | 06:44 | 20:10 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 17:13 | 17:49 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brackettville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6277479411
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