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The Cable Tool Rig

The Cable Tool Rig from directly overhead

The Cable Tool Rig is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 896 m. Ector County High Point stands 1,024 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Oil Rig, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Pecos Trail passes 3.0 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1964
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.88563, -102.38798

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 57
  • Calvery Cross: 8.6 mi
  • Rock The Desert Festival Field: 9.5 mi
  • I-20 Wildlife Preserve and Jenna Welch Nature Study Center: 16.6 mi
  • *: 18.6 mi
  • *: 18.6 mi
Museums: 14
  • Parker House Ranching Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
  • White-Pool House: 3.3 mi
  • Ellen Noël Art Museum: 4.0 mi
  • George W. Bush Childhood Home: 4.0 mi
  • Presidential Museum & JBS Leadership Library: 4.1 mi
Artworks: 8
  • The Jackrabbit: 2.6 mi
  • Angel Statue: 11.5 mi
  • Ebenezer Egg Rock: 11.6 mi
  • St. Andrew's Stag: 17.1 mi
  • Saint Ann With Child Statue: 18.7 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Patrick Peyton Prayer Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Saint Paul Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Craddick Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Saint Ann’s Prayer Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Grace Presbyterian Labrynth: 18.9 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Midland County High Point: 8.0 mi
  • Crane County High Point: 16.7 mi
  • Ector County High Point: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Cable Tool Rig. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ector County High PointW 280°1,024 m24.3 mi
Midland County High PointNE 48°909 m8.0 mi
Crane County High PointS 171°898 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5419:2920:01
June solstice06:4520:2320:59
September equinox07:3919:1519:48
December solstice07:4717:1317:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454957657481828174655446
Precip in0.70.50.70.71.61.01.51.61.51.30.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Odessa, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12403576661

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