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

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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

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

Parks

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
Roadside Park #1: 12.5 mi

Attractions26

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

Picnic sites9

Soapberry Day Use Area: 2.3 mi
Southeast Park Pavilion: 11.5 mi
3: 12.5 mi
1: 12.5 mi
2: 12.5 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

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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