Historic site · Texas

Pumpville

Pumpville from directly overhead

Pumpville is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 539 m. Loma Vista stands 620 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Roy Bean’s Opera House, Town Hall, and Seat of Justice, a museum 14 miles away. Texas Pecos Trail runs past it. 21 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2006
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates29.90874, -101.75850

On the Texas Pecos Trail

Around it

21 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites12

Ghost towns3

Langtry: 13.8 mi
Pandale: 22.7 mi
Dryden: 23.3 mi

Peaks3

Loma Vista: 19.7 mi
Shafter Hills: 21.9 mi
Cable Hills: 23.1 mi

Museums2

Roy Bean’s Opera House, Town Hall, and Seat of Justice: 13.7 mi
Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center: 13.7 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Langtry: 13.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Loma Vista	W 262°	620 m	19.7 mi
Shafter Hills	WSW 255°	589 m	21.9 mi
Cable Hills	WSW 257°	526 m	23.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:52	19:27	19:59
June solstice	06:47	20:17	20:52
September equinox	07:36	19:14	19:45
December solstice	07:39	17:16	17:52

Local time (America/Matamoros).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	50	55	64	72	80	86	87	88	81	72	60	51
Precip in	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.8	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.4	2.0	1.7	0.7	0.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Langtry, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453813635

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