Historic site · Texas

Palisades State Park Concession Building

Palisades State Park Concession Building from directly overhead

Palisades State Park Concession Building is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,045 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,156 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is The Palisades, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 2.0 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

historic place in Canyon, Randall County, Texas

Wikidata Q97573366, matched on coordinates and name (45 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built: 2014
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.06279, -101.81110

2.0 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
70.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Camp Don Harrington: 2.2 mi
City View Park: 5.7 mi
Monterey Park: 6.4 mi
Raymond Road Apt park: 6.5 mi
Canyon East Park: 6.6 mi

Historic sites

St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery: 5.4 mi
Col. John I. Gregg 1872 Battle Site: 7.2 mi
T Anchor Ranch: 7.2 mi
Randall County: 7.7 mi
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, Texas National Guard: 7.8 mi

Attractions26

Cub World Ship: 2.5 mi
Cub World Fort: 2.5 mi
Combine city: 3.2 mi
Ozymandias on the Plains: 6.2 mi
Spirit Rock: 8.1 mi

Peaks13

Cooley Butte: 8.4 mi
Timber Mesa: 9.3 mi
Goodnight Peak: 9.3 mi
Brushy Butte: 10.1 mi
Capitol Peak: 10.7 mi

Museums11

Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center: 8.1 mi
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame: 8.6 mi
Amarillo Museum of Art: 8.9 mi
AC Museum of natural history: 9.0 mi

Picnic sites9

Southeast Park Pavilion: 8.4 mi
Lois Rice Pavilion: 8.9 mi
1: 9.3 mi
2: 9.3 mi
3: 9.3 mi

Artworks7

Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 7.8 mi
The Original Texans: 8.1 mi
Tex Randall statue: 8.6 mi
Rick Husband: 10.1 mi
Heart: 10.1 mi

Nature reserves3

Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 19.9 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 23.9 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 24.6 mi

Cliffs2

The Palisades: 0.4 mi
Fortress Cliff: 11.5 mi

Gardens2

Hope Garden: 10.8 mi
6th Street Urban Farm: 11.0 mi

Waterfalls1

River Falls: 3.1 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Amarillo and Safety Rest Area: 10.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Goat Mountain	NW 312°	1,156 m	18.1 mi
Wolf Mountain	NW 319°	1,126 m	17.9 mi
Coyote Bluff	NW 324°	1,088 m	20.4 mi
Wildcat Bluff	NNW 328°	1,082 m	14.6 mi
Cooley Butte	SE 124°	1,029 m	8.4 mi
Brushy Butte	SE 127°	1,026 m	10.1 mi
Red Mesa	SE 137°	1,017 m	11.4 mi
Castle Peak	SE 143°	999 m	11.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:52	19:26	19:59
June solstice	06:34	20:28	21:05
September equinox	07:36	19:12	19:46
December solstice	07:52	17:01	17:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	37	40	49	57	67	76	80	78	71	59	47	38
Precip in	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.2	2.7	2.3	3.0	1.9	2.0	0.7	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyon, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453482319

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