Site of Marfa Army Air Field
Site of Marfa Army Air Field is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,495 m. Blue Mountain stands 2,221 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Marfa Lights, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 8.4 miles off. 139 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 2007
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 22 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 23 mi
139 named places within 25 miles
- Black Peaks: 3.6 mi
- Orphan Hill: 6.5 mi
- Paisano Peak: 6.7 mi
- Crenshaw Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Ranger Peak: 9.8 mi
- Marfa Lights: 0.0 mi
- Paisano Pass: 3.9 mi
- Marfa Stockyards: 7.6 mi
- Presidio County: 7.7 mi
- Blackwell School: 8.6 mi
- Marfa Lights View Park: 0.1 mi
- Killingsworth Arena: 13.2 mi
- Shipman Park: 13.4 mi
- American Legion Park: 13.7 mi
- Medina Park: 14.0 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 8.2 mi
- Blackwell School: 8.6 mi
- Marfa and Presidio County Museum: 8.6 mi
- Marfa Museum: 8.6 mi
- Museum of the Big Bend: 15.0 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 7.4 mi
- The Block: 8.8 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 8.8 mi
- untitled (dawn to dusk): 9.0 mi
- Ranger Spring: 10.4 mi
- Modesta Springs: 18.2 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 8.8 mi
- Winter Garden: 8.8 mi
- Point of Rocks roadside park: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Marfa Army Air Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | NNW 337° | 2,221 m | 21.7 mi |
| Twin Mountains | NNE 18° | 2,098 m | 10.4 mi |
| Haleys Peak | ESE 118° | 2,068 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mine Mountain | NW 314° | 1,930 m | 23.6 mi |
| Ranger Peak | E 85° | 1,877 m | 9.8 mi |
| Puertacitas Mountains | N 350° | 1,870 m | 11.6 mi |
| Deer Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,867 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Ord | E 95° | 1,852 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:36 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 06:55 | 20:26 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:22 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 17:24 | 18:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine 7NW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453470785
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