Ritchey Hotel, 1886
Ritchey Hotel, 1886 is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,368 m. Twin Mountains stands 2,098 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Railroad Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail runs past it.
The story
Historic place in Alpine, Brewster County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110023317, matched on coordinates and name (8 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1965
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 23 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alpine Hill: 0.5 mi
- Hancock Hill: 1.5 mi
- Lizard Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Twin Sisters: 4.3 mi
- Big Hill: 5.2 mi
- Garcia-Valadez House: 0.1 mi
- Holland Hotel Building: 0.1 mi
- Our Lady of Peace Parish Hall: 0.1 mi
- Gage-Van Sickle House: 0.2 mi
- First Baptist Church of Alpine: 0.2 mi
- Railroad Park: 0.1 mi
- Baines Park: 0.1 mi
- Old Town Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Medina Park: 0.4 mi
- Pueblo Nuevo Park: 0.9 mi
- Museum of the Big Bend: 0.7 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 21.2 mi
- Overland Trail Museum: 21.4 mi
- Rattlers & Reptiles: 21.5 mi
- Marfa Museum: 21.8 mi
- Target Marathon: 12.4 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 20.4 mi
- The Block: 22.0 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 22.2 mi
- Ranger Spring: 4.5 mi
- Modesta Springs: 16.2 mi
- Winter Garden: 22.0 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Ritchey Hotel, 1886. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Mountains | WNW 293° | 2,098 m | 10.8 mi |
| Haleys Peak | S 181° | 2,068 m | 12.5 mi |
| Old Blue Mountain | E 79° | 1,886 m | 21.7 mi |
| Ranger Peak | SW 216° | 1,877 m | 5.9 mi |
| Puertacitas Mountains | WNW 291° | 1,870 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Ord | SE 131° | 1,852 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mitre Peak | NW 314° | 1,851 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bird Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,849 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:59 | 19:35 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 06:54 | 20:25 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:44 | 19:21 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 17:23 | 17:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12394945898
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