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Porvenir Massacre

Porvenir Massacre from directly overhead

Porvenir Massacre is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,410 m. Baldy Peak stands 2,537 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Prada Marfa, a artwork 9.6 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail runs past it. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
2018
Material
aluminium
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.50915, -104.39920

Overlooks nearby

Around it

70 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
  • Buck Mountain: 10.2 mi
  • Blue Seep Mountain: 10.4 mi
  • High Point: 10.7 mi
  • El Muerto Peak: 11.8 mi
  • Baldy Mountain: 12.9 mi
Springs: 6
  • Horn Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Tobe Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Peewee Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Bridge Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Limpia Spring: 17.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Point of Rocks roadside park: 20.0 mi
  • Madera Canyon Roadside Park: 22.1 mi
Artworks: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldy PeakENE 57°2,537 m16.0 mi
Mount LivermoreENE 57°2,492 m16.0 mi
Brooks MountainNE 53°2,365 m14.3 mi
Paradise MountainENE 69°2,354 m16.5 mi
Pine PeakENE 59°2,341 m19.7 mi
Sawtooth MountainNE 40°2,333 m15.9 mi
Richman MountainNE 56°2,315 m17.0 mi
Whitetail MountainNE 50°2,281 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0219:3820:09
June solstice06:5720:2821:04
September equinox07:4719:2419:56
December solstice07:5117:2518:02

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444955627178787772635245
Precip in0.60.40.40.40.71.82.41.41.71.20.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valentine, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453470775

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