Historic site · Texas

Site of The MacKenzie Trail

Site of The MacKenzie Trail from directly overhead

Site of The MacKenzie Trail is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 710 m. McKenzie Mountains stands 864 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Store of William Henry (Pete) Snyder, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1968
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates32.71622, -100.91741

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Site of Store of William Henry (Pete) Snyder: 0.0 mi
Site of Sanitarium of Alonzo Orrin Scarborough (1860-1952) Pioneer Doctor: 0.0 mi
Santa Fe Railway in Scurry County: 0.0 mi
The Press in Snyder: 0.0 mi
Scurry County's Canyon Reef Oil Field: 0.0 mi

Peaks13

Lloyd Mountain: 9.4 mi
Hathaway Hill: 14.7 mi
Overlook Hill: 14.8 mi
Green Mountain: 14.9 mi
Church Peak: 16.7 mi

Parks11

Pocket Park: 0.1 mi
Winston Park: 1.0 mi
North East Park: 1.0 mi
Towle Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
East Park: 1.6 mi

Museums1

Heart of West Texas Museum: 22.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
McKenzie Mountains	N 350°	864 m	18.4 mi
Flat Top Mountain	NNW 334°	850 m	19.3 mi
Cooper Mountain	NNE 12°	822 m	20.8 mi
Hathaway Hill	WNW 292°	793 m	14.7 mi
Lone Wolf Mountain	SSE 150°	752 m	19.6 mi
Lloyd Mountain	NE 45°	732 m	9.4 mi
Church Peak	NNE 32°	714 m	16.7 mi
Overlook Hill	NE 40°	703 m	14.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:48	19:23	19:56
June solstice	06:37	20:19	20:55
September equinox	07:33	19:09	19:42
December solstice	07:43	17:05	17:42

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	43	47	55	63	72	80	83	82	75	64	52	44
Precip in	0.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.7	3.1	1.9	2.1	2.8	2.2	1.2	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snyder, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453536641

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