Historic site · Texas

The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon

The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon from directly overhead

The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 844 m. Jackson Hill stands 1,041 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fortress Cliff, a cliff 2.0 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 12 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1967
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.93148, -101.63532

11.8 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
81.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

The Civilian Conservation Corps at Palo Duro Canyon State Park: 4.6 mi
The Old JA Ranch: 5.2 mi
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery: 10.7 mi
Palisades State Park Concession Building: 13.5 mi
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, Texas National Guard: 15.7 mi

Parks

Historical Monument: 7.7 mi
Canyon East Park: 13.5 mi
Camp Don Harrington: 13.7 mi
Roadside Park #2: 16.2 mi
Roadside Park #1: 16.3 mi

Attractions21

Combine city: 13.3 mi
Cub World Ship: 13.8 mi
Cub World Fort: 13.8 mi
Spirit Rock: 16.3 mi
Ozymandias on the Plains: 19.5 mi

Museums12

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: 16.3 mi
Kwahadi Musuem of the American Indian: 19.0 mi
Armstrong County Museum: 19.7 mi
Texas Air & Space Museum: 20.0 mi
Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame: 20.3 mi

Peaks10

Red Mesa: 2.3 mi
Capitol Peak: 2.8 mi
Capitol Mesa: 3.0 mi
Castle Peak: 3.3 mi
Lighthouse Peak: 3.5 mi

Picnic sites9

Soapberry Day Use Area: 2.9 mi
Southeast Park Pavilion: 15.5 mi
3: 16.2 mi
2: 16.2 mi
1: 16.2 mi

Artworks7

Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 16.1 mi
The Original Texans: 16.3 mi
Tex Randall statue: 17.1 mi
Richard Daniel Baker Peace Park: 20.5 mi
Rick Husband: 22.0 mi

Cliffs2

Fortress Cliff: 2.0 mi
The Palisades: 13.3 mi

Gardens2

Hope Garden: 23.6 mi
6th Street Urban Farm: 23.8 mi

Waterfalls1

River Falls: 10.4 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Amarillo and Safety Rest Area: 18.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Jackson Hill	SSE 164°	1,041 m	19.7 mi
Cooley Butte	NW 325°	1,029 m	5.3 mi
Brushy Butte	NNW 329°	1,026 m	3.6 mi
Red Mesa	WNW 288°	1,017 m	2.3 mi
Castle Peak	W 276°	999 m	3.3 mi
Timber Mesa	NW 307°	993 m	4.2 mi
Capitol Mesa	WNW 291°	979 m	3.0 mi
Lighthouse Peak	W 276°	962 m	3.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:51	19:25	19:59
June solstice	06:34	20:27	21:04
September equinox	07:35	19:12	19:45
December solstice	07:51	17:01	17:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	37	40	49	57	67	76	80	78	71	59	47	38
Precip in	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.2	2.7	2.3	3.0	1.9	2.0	0.7	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyon, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453482308

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