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Roaring Spring

Roaring Spring from directly overhead

Roaring Spring is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 766 m. Haystack Mountain stands 879 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaring Springs Depot, a historic site 3.2 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 3.3 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

The story

spring in Motley County, Texas, United States of America

Wikidata Q35504994, matched on coordinates and name (79 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1936
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.85280, -100.86471

61 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 34
Peaks: 14
  • Boone Mountain: 12.4 mi
  • Mackenzie Peak: 14.7 mi
  • Connally Peak: 14.9 mi
  • Haystack Mountain: 15.1 mi
  • Antelope Hill: 17.0 mi
Parks: 3
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Dickens Spring County Park: 15.9 mi
  • Dickens City Park: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Silver Falls: 21.3 mi
  • 20 foot falls: 21.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Dickens Spring: 15.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Haystack MountainSSW 199°879 m15.1 mi
Mackenzie PeakS 177°874 m14.7 mi
Indian HillSW 225°845 m22.8 mi
Antelope HillNNW 344°824 m17.0 mi
Bunker HillSSW 206°811 m23.5 mi
Connally PeakNNW 340°798 m14.9 mi
Negro HillSSW 202°797 m24.9 mi
Boone MountainN 351°791 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2319:55
June solstice06:3420:2120:58
September equinox07:3219:0919:42
December solstice07:4517:0117:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414452606978818072625042
Precip in0.80.91.42.02.83.42.02.73.01.91.11.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Matador, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12452354879

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