Santa Fe Passenger Depot
Santa Fe Passenger Depot is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Gordon Mountain stands 393 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sante Fe Depot Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 176 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
The story
Railway station at 505 E. Broadway St. Gainesville, Texas.
Wikidata Q107319159, matched on coordinates and name (120 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1983
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
176 named places within 25 miles
- Gainesville-Fort Sill Road: 0.0 mi
- Saint Paul's Church: 0.1 mi
- Cooke County Free Library: 0.2 mi
- The Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862: 0.2 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Gainesville: 0.2 mi
- Vintage Gulf Gas Station: 0.0 mi
- Tortoise: 0.8 mi
- Rabbit: 0.8 mi
- Cheetah: 0.8 mi
- Black Bear: 0.8 mi
- Depot Park: 0.0 mi
- Farmers Market: 0.4 mi
- Tom Thumb Park: 0.5 mi
- Medal of Honor Park: 0.6 mi
- Jaycee Park: 0.7 mi
- Terrapin Hill: 5.2 mi
- Mount Olive: 11.4 mi
- Three Mounds: 15.0 mi
- Flattop Peak: 19.4 mi
- Peak Hill: 20.7 mi
- Sante Fe Depot Museum: 0.0 mi
- Morton Museum of Cooke County: 0.3 mi
- Love County Historical Society: 21.5 mi
- Love County Military Museum: 21.6 mi
- Artillery Museum: 22.4 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 0.3 mi
- Butterfield Stagecoach statue: 0.3 mi
- Armed Forces memorial: 0.3 mi
- Myra Baptist Church Bell: 9.9 mi
- Anti-Aircraft Gun: 22.6 mi
- White Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Tyler Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Rock Bluff: 22.5 mi
- Graveyard Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville: 4.9 mi
- Oklahoma Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
- Marysville: 15.0 mi
- Sivells Bend: 16.2 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 15.9 mi
- Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santa Fe Passenger Depot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Mountain | WNW 290° | 393 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount View | WNW 292° | 393 m | 24.3 mi |
| Tadlock Hill | W 267° | 362 m | 24.3 mi |
| Jack Mound | W 261° | 348 m | 23.8 mi |
| McCracken Mound | W 262° | 343 m | 21.8 mi |
| Peak Hill | N 8° | 294 m | 20.7 mi |
| Three Mounds | NNW 334° | 290 m | 15.0 mi |
| Flattop Peak | N 9° | 286 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 44 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville 5 ENE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12403574632
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