Prairie Oil and Gas Company Housing
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. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
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
- 7.1 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
123 named places within 25 miles
- Burkett House: 0.1 mi
- The Connellee House: 0.5 mi
- Early Settlers of Eastland County: 0.7 mi
- First Christian Church: 0.7 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Eastland: 0.7 mi
- 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
- Eastland County Museum: 0.8 mi
- Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum: 0.8 mi
- Old Eastland County Jail & Museum: 0.9 mi
- Conrad Hilton Center: 9.5 mi
- Museum of Aircraft Perservation: 23.4 mi
- 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
- Mangum: 5.4 mi
- Alameda, Texas: 10.8 mi
- La Casa: 16.4 mi
- Desdemona: 17.7 mi
- Thurber: 24.8 mi
- Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Eastland County Westbound Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- I-20 Westbound Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- I-20 Eastbound Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Ol' Rip: 0.8 mi
- Thurber Smokestack: 24.8 mi
- Grimes Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
- Jim's vegetable garden: 24.2 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican Hat Hill | WSW 239° | 612 m | 22.5 mi |
| Coyote Peak | SW 215° | 571 m | 22.0 mi |
| Jameson Peaks | ESE 106° | 507 m | 19.6 mi |
| Gunsight Mountain | NNW 342° | 503 m | 8.8 mi |
| Blue Hills | E 98° | 501 m | 24.2 mi |
| Twin Mountain | E 92° | 499 m | 23.4 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | NW 304° | 494 m | 11.6 mi |
| Steal Easy Mountain | N 10° | 482 m | 16.4 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 | 20:10 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:57 | 17:35 |
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 | 44 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastland, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9324803163
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