Historic site · Texas

The Old JA Ranch

The Old JA Ranch from directly overhead

The Old JA Ranch is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,056 m. Wildcat Bluff stands 1,082 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Civilian Conservation Corps at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 7.5 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1968
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.98435, -101.70139

7.5 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
77.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks59

Camp Don Harrington: 8.7 mi
Canyon East Park: 9.4 mi
Victory Circle: 12.3 mi
Canyon Trails at Buffalo Hill: 12.4 mi
Conner Park: 12.7 mi

Historic sites

The Civilian Conservation Corps at Palo Duro Canyon State Park: 0.7 mi
The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon: 5.2 mi
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery: 6.3 mi
Palisades State Park Concession Building: 8.2 mi
Company F, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, Texas National Guard: 11.5 mi

Attractions25

Combine city: 8.3 mi
Cub World Ship: 8.8 mi
Cub World Fort: 8.8 mi
Spirit Rock: 12.1 mi
Ozymandias on the Plains: 14.3 mi

Museums12

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
Kwahadi Musuem of the American Indian: 14.6 mi
Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame: 15.3 mi
American Quarter Horse Museum: 15.7 mi
Texas Air & Space Museum: 15.9 mi

Peaks11

Cooley Butte: 1.0 mi
Goodnight Peak: 1.1 mi
Timber Mesa: 1.2 mi
Brushy Butte: 2.0 mi
Capitol Peak: 2.5 mi

Artworks7

Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 11.9 mi
The Original Texans: 12.1 mi
Tex Randall statue: 12.9 mi
Rick Husband: 17.1 mi
Heart: 17.2 mi

Picnic sites3

Soapberry Day Use Area: 2.3 mi
Southeast Park Pavilion: 11.5 mi
Lois Rice Pavilion: 12.6 mi

Cliffs2

Fortress Cliff: 3.3 mi
The Palisades: 8.0 mi

Gardens2

Hope Garden: 18.5 mi
6th Street Urban Farm: 18.7 mi

Waterfalls1

River Falls: 5.2 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Amarillo and Safety Rest Area: 14.4 mi

Nature reserves1

Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 23.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Wildcat Bluff	NW 322°	1,082 m	22.6 mi
Jackson Hill	SSE 158°	1,041 m	24.4 mi
Cooley Butte	NE 45°	1,029 m	1.0 mi
Brushy Butte	ESE 108°	1,026 m	2.0 mi
Red Mesa	SSE 153°	1,017 m	3.3 mi
Castle Peak	S 173°	999 m	3.3 mi
Timber Mesa	SSE 161°	993 m	1.2 mi
Capitol Mesa	SSE 160°	979 m	2.8 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	21:05
September equinox	07:36	19:12	19:45
December solstice	07:52	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, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453482323

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