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

Parks60

Historical Monument: 7.7 mi
Canyon East Park: 13.5 mi
Camp Don Harrington: 13.7 mi
Victory Circle: 16.4 mi
Conner Park: 16.6 mi

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

Attractions20

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

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

Picnic sites3

Soapberry Day Use Area: 2.9 mi
Southeast Park Pavilion: 15.5 mi
Lois Rice Pavilion: 16.5 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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