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Prairie Oil and Gas Company Housing

Prairie Oil and Gas Company Housing from directly overhead

Prairie Oil and Gas Company Housing is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 442 m. Mexican Hat Hill stands 612 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Burkett House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 7.1 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

building at 1201 S. Seaman Eastland, Texas

Wikidata Q107319311, matched on coordinates and name (17 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1983
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates32.38994, -98.81834

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 39
  • Round Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Flat Top Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Gunsight Mountain: 8.8 mi
  • Cedar Mountain: 11.6 mi
  • Maxwell Mountain: 13.9 mi
Museums: 6
Parks: 6
  • Eastland City Park: 1.0 mi
  • Six Flags Park: 1.3 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
  • Cisco City Park: 10.3 mi
  • Colquitt Williams Memorial Park: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 2
  • Ol' Rip: 0.8 mi
  • Thurber Smokestack: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Campbell's Tomato Soup: 1.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Oil and Gas Company Housing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mexican Hat HillWSW 239°612 m22.5 mi
Coyote PeakSW 215°571 m22.0 mi
Jameson PeaksESE 106°507 m19.6 mi
Gunsight MountainNNW 342°503 m8.8 mi
Blue HillsE 98°501 m24.2 mi
Twin MountainE 92°499 m23.4 mi
Cedar MountainNW 304°494 m11.6 mi
Steal Easy MountainN 10°482 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1519:47
June solstice06:2920:1020:46
September equinox07:2419:0119:33
December solstice07:3416:5717:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444756637279838275655345
Precip in1.22.02.41.83.83.42.03.12.83.01.91.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastland, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9324803163

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