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Site of Chicago

Site of Chicago from directly overhead

Site of Chicago is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 911 m. The nearest named place is North Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 21 miles off. 34 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1977
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.75328, -101.95859

21.5 mi off the Texas Plains Trail

Around it

34 named places within 25 miles

Cliffs15

Caprock Escarpment: 12.2 mi
Caprock Escarpment: 13.4 mi
Caprock Escarpment: 13.6 mi
Caprock Escarpment: 13.6 mi
Caprock Escarpment: 13.8 mi

Parks9

North Park: 0.2 mi
Lamesa Baseball & Softball Park: 0.7 mi
Ninth Street Park: 0.9 mi
Akron Street Park: 1.4 mi
Pioneer Park: 1.9 mi

Historic sites7

Museums2

O'Donnell Heritage Museum: 16.3 mi
O'Donnell Museum: 19.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Mesquite: 20.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:52	19:27	20:00
June solstice	06:41	20:23	21:00
September equinox	07:37	19:14	19:46
December solstice	07:47	17:09	17:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	41	45	52	61	70	78	80	79	72	62	50	42
Precip in	0.6	0.7	1.0	0.9	2.1	2.4	1.5	1.6	2.9	1.4	1.0	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lamesa 1 SSE, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12403578131

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