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Shafter Lake Cemetery

Shafter Lake Cemetery from directly overhead

Shafter Lake Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 962 m. Windmill Hill stands 1,067 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Shafter Lake, a ghost town 0.7 miles away. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1973
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates32.39288, -102.64216

Around it

53 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites21

Parks21

Old Florey Park: 6.0 mi
Lakeside Park: 7.1 mi
Wetland Park: 7.3 mi
Carter Park: 7.4 mi
Andrews Splash Park: 7.8 mi

Artworks3

Oakridge Entrance Statue: 22.3 mi
Quannah Parker Arrow: 22.6 mi
Pioneer Wagon: 23.1 mi

Ghost towns2

Shafter Lake: 0.7 mi
Fasken: 14.2 mi

Peaks2

Jumbo Hill: 17.5 mi
Windmill Hill: 23.2 mi

Rest areas1

Andrews County Northbound Rest Area: 9.0 mi

Gardens1

Everjams Fields: 17.7 mi

Attractions1

Seminole Sign Park: 22.6 mi

Museums1

Gaines County Library: 22.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Windmill Hill	W 277°	1,067 m	23.2 mi
Jumbo Hill	W 271°	1,044 m	17.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:55	19:30	20:03
June solstice	06:45	20:25	21:01
September equinox	07:39	19:16	19:49
December solstice	07:49	17:13	17:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	45	50	57	66	74	81	83	82	75	66	54	46
Precip in	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	1.3	2.4	1.7	1.6	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Andrews, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/9461090319

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