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Texas & Pacific Railway

Texas & Pacific Railway from directly overhead

Texas & Pacific Railway is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 660 m. Bench Mountain stands 794 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is W.A.S.P. (Women's Airforce Service Pilots) Training Base: Avenger Field, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1989
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.46912, -100.40780

79 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 15
  • Beacon Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Ninemile Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Round Mountain: 10.3 mi
Parks: 14
  • Fraley Park: 0.7 mi
  • Jones Park: 0.8 mi
  • Booker T. Washington Park: 0.8 mi
  • Rolling Plains Girls Softball Park: 1.0 mi
  • Newman Park: 1.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 3
  • Pioneer Museum: 0.4 mi
  • National Wasp WWII Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Area Historical Museum: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas & Pacific Railway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bench MountainSW 218°794 m14.9 mi
Wildcat MountainSSE 158°775 m8.3 mi
Bald MountainESE 123°757 m22.6 mi
Lone Wolf MountainW 271°752 m19.8 mi
Cottonwood MountainSE 140°740 m7.2 mi
Ninemile HillSSE 158°730 m8.0 mi
Black PointESE 118°725 m15.6 mi
Beacon HillE 98°710 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2119:54
June solstice06:3620:1720:53
September equinox07:3119:0719:40
December solstice07:4017:0317:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453452153

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