Sentry Building
Sentry Building is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 659 m. Twin Buttes stands 722 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort McKavett, a ghost town less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forts Trail passes 3.3 miles off. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
The story
Historic place in Menard, Menard County, Texas.
Wikidata Q110023395, matched on coordinates and name (166 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1968
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
- 23.5 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
39 named places within 25 miles
- Site of Fort McKavett: 0.3 mi
- Colonel Black Ranch House: 1.5 mi
- Real Presidio de San Saba: 19.2 mi
- Presidio de San Saba: 19.2 mi
- Arroyo de Juan Lorenzo: 19.5 mi
- Fort McKavett State Historic Site: 0.2 mi
- Presidio de San Saba: 19.2 mi
- Ditch Walk Park: 19.9 mi
- Menard River Park: 20.1 mi
- Low Water Bridge Park: 20.1 mi
- Target Hill: 1.0 mi
- Round Hill: 11.2 mi
- Brokeleg Mountain: 22.1 mi
- Little Racetrack Mountain: 22.4 mi
- Twin Buttes: 24.7 mi
- Fort McKavett: 0.0 mi
- Owenville: 15.4 mi
- Roosevelt: 23.5 mi
- Menard County Museum: 16.9 mi
- Menard County Historical Museum: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sentry Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Buttes | SSW 195° | 722 m | 24.7 mi |
| Brokeleg Mountain | S 187° | 715 m | 22.1 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 12° | 713 m | 11.2 mi |
| Target Hill | SSE 156° | 690 m | 1.0 mi |
| Little Racetrack Mountain | ENE 66° | 637 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:20 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:39 | 20:12 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 17:07 | 17:44 |
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 | 45 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Mckavett, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12452333856
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