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Reading Wood Black

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Reading Wood Black is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 276 m. Bald Mountain stands 574 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Uvalde "Leader-News", a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail runs past it. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1967
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.20968, -99.78523

Overlooks nearby

109 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 44
  • Inge Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Big Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Sevenmile Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Black Mountain: 7.9 mi
Parks: 7
  • Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Uvalde Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Esperanza Park: 0.7 mi
  • DeLeon Park: 0.7 mi
  • El Jardin de los Heroes: 1.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Walnut Springs: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 29°574 m24.1 mi
Double KnobsNNW 329°572 m21.4 mi
Sycamore MountainNNW 332°562 m20.3 mi
Devils Backbone MountainN 4°549 m22.2 mi
Davenport HillN 359°535 m17.6 mi
Coffin MountainNNE 15°514 m24.6 mi
Fence MountainNW 311°504 m21.5 mi
Sinks HillNNE 27°465 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:2019:51
June solstice06:4120:0720:42
September equinox07:2819:0619:37
December solstice07:3017:1017:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6285103338

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