"The Buried City"
"The Buried City" is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 814 m. Tandy Mesa stands 867 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Creek County Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 37 named places lie within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1936
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
37 named places within 25 miles
- Site of the Trading Post: 2.5 mi
- Ochiltree Cemetery: 9.0 mi
- Ochiltree Townsite: 9.0 mi
- Sheriff James Sidney Talley: 9.2 mi
- Notla Community: 9.4 mi
- Wolf Creek County Park: 0.8 mi
- Stark Park: 13.4 mi
- Whigham Park: 13.6 mi
- Whippo Park: 13.7 mi
- Murphy Park: 13.8 mi
- Museum of the Plains: 14.7 mi
- Wolf Creek Heritage Museum: 21.6 mi
- Tandy Mesa: 14.6 mi
- Bean Pott Cliff: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of "The Buried City". Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tandy Mesa | S 179° | 867 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:21 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:26 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:52 | 17:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 60 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Perryton, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12453435336
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