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Shoe Bar Ranch Headquarters

Shoe Bar Ranch Headquarters from directly overhead

Shoe Bar Ranch Headquarters is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 665 m. Gunboat Mountain stands 892 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeview Cemetery, a historic site 2.2 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 18 miles off. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1962
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates34.70200, -100.69629

41 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 6
  • Memphis Texas City Park Camping Area: 9.1 mi
  • Estelline Park: 18.1 mi
  • Prospect Park: 19.5 mi
  • North Baylor Lake Park and Campground: 24.0 mi
  • Bob Wills Park: 24.4 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Wolf Mountain: 17.1 mi
  • Gunboat Mountain: 17.8 mi
Springs: 1
Museums: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunboat MountainNW 312°892 m17.8 mi
Wolf MountainSSE 150°638 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2219:55
June solstice06:3120:2321:00
September equinox07:3219:0819:41
December solstice07:4716:5817:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394352607079838173614941
Precip in0.80.81.42.03.52.92.32.52.41.81.00.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12403647774

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