Parks Camp
Parks Camp is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 381 m. Gunsight Mountain stands 503 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum of Aircraft Perservation, a museum 4.2 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 18 miles off. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1990
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bone Bend · 28 mi
- Golden-cheeked Warbler · 28 mi
- Longhorn Lookout · 28 mi
- Parker Lookout · 28 mi
121 named places within 25 miles
- B. T. Brown House: 5.4 mi
- Breckenridge Cemetery: 6.0 mi
- First Baptist Church of Breckenridge: 6.4 mi
- Old First National Bank Building: 6.5 mi
- Breckenridge Stephens Walker: 6.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Brown Pen Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Hog Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Maxwell Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Spy Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Museum of Aircraft Perservation: 4.2 mi
- Swenson Memorial Museum: 6.5 mi
- Breckenridge Aviation Museum: 6.6 mi
- Old Eastland County Jail & Museum: 18.3 mi
- Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum: 18.4 mi
- Miller Park: 6.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 18.0 mi
- Six Flags Park: 18.3 mi
- Eastland City Park: 18.5 mi
- Cisco City Park: 20.8 mi
- La Casa: 11.9 mi
- Eliasville: 21.5 mi
- Mangum: 23.7 mi
- Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Eastland County Westbound Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- I-20 Westbound Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Grimes Memorial Garden: 18.4 mi
- Ol' Rip: 18.4 mi
- Campbell's Tomato Soup: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Parks Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunsight Mountain | S 175° | 503 m | 10.6 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | SSW 206° | 494 m | 13.7 mi |
| Steal Easy Mountain | ESE 113° | 482 m | 7.1 mi |
| Double mountain | SSW 204° | 476 m | 6.1 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | S 185° | 475 m | 13.0 mi |
| Brown Pen Mountain | S 170° | 465 m | 5.3 mi |
| Greer Mountains | W 261° | 456 m | 21.2 mi |
| Indian Knoll | WSW 239° | 450 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:15 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:11 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:57 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Breckenridge, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13971422939
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