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Robert Gilmour LeTourneau

Robert Gilmour LeTourneau from directly overhead

Robert Gilmour LeTourneau is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Underwood Mountain stands 204 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Equipment Park, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forest Trail passes 2.3 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1989
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.46674, -94.72916

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Willow Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pinewood Park: 0.9 mi
  • South Ward Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bennie Jackson Park: 1.1 mi
  • Broughton Park: 1.3 mi
Museums: 17
Peaks: 14
  • Holland Mountain: 11.0 mi
  • East Mountain: 12.6 mi
  • West Mountain: 14.7 mi
  • Tidwell Mountain: 15.0 mi
  • Goodman Mountain: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 10
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Sandy Beach: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Underwood MountainNW204 m22.4 mi
East MountainNW200 m12.6 mi
Starrville MountainW196 m23.4 mi
Goodman MountainWSW192 m15.6 mi
West MountainNW191 m14.7 mi
Tidwell MountainNW191 m15.0 mi
Simpson MountainNNW188 m21.1 mi
Camp MountainN187 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5819:31
June solstice06:1319:5420:30
September equinox07:0818:4519:17
December solstice07:1716:4117:18

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057647380838377665548
Precip in4.34.14.74.34.94.32.52.83.54.33.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longview, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12403644414

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