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Site of U. S. Army Air Corps Plane Crash

Site of U. S. Army Air Corps Plane Crash from directly overhead

Site of U. S. Army Air Corps Plane Crash is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 652 m. Bench Mountain stands 794 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Trammell House, a historic site 2.8 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 26 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
2000
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.41585, -100.38906

77 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 20
  • Cottonwood Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Ninemile Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Bench Mountain: 13.1 mi
Parks: 14
  • Fraley Park: 3.1 mi
  • Jones Park: 3.4 mi
  • Booker T. Washington Park: 3.6 mi
  • Lake Sweetwater Municipal Park: 4.6 mi
  • Rolling Plains Girls Softball Park: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 3
  • Pioneer Museum: 4.1 mi
  • National Wasp WWII Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Area Historical Museum: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of U. S. Army Air Corps Plane Crash. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bench MountainSW 232°794 m13.1 mi
Wildcat MountainSSE 153°775 m4.5 mi
Bald MountainESE 115°757 m19.9 mi
Hylton MountainSSE 156°753 m23.4 mi
Lone Wolf MountainW 281°752 m21.2 mi
Jackson MountainSSE 158°741 m24.5 mi
Cottonwood MountainESE 118°740 m3.9 mi
Mathis MountainSSE 157°740 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2119:53
June solstice06:3620:1620:53
September equinox07:3019:0719:40
December solstice07:4017:0417:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434755647280838275655345
Precip in1.01.01.41.52.83.11.82.22.12.21.11.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roscoe, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453452156

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