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The Yale Summer Forestry Camp and Gifford Pinchot

The Yale Summer Forestry Camp and Gifford Pinchot from directly overhead

The Yale Summer Forestry Camp and Gifford Pinchot is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Blackland Hill stands 93 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Village Museum, a museum 2.3 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1986
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.73709, -94.43230

44 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 10
  • John H Kirby State Forest: 11.2 mi
  • Chester City Park: 17.0 mi
  • Martin Dies Junior State Park: 17.6 mi
  • State Wildlife Scientific Area: 18.5 mi
  • State Wildlife Scientific Area: 19.7 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Pedigo Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Sand Hill: 15.8 mi
  • Blackland Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Miles Hill: 19.1 mi
  • Big Hill: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Watson Rare Native Plant Reserve: 11.2 mi
  • Holland Cemetery Hunting Area: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Yale Summer Forestry Camp and Gifford Pinchot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackland HillN 352°93 m16.4 mi
Big HillNNW 334°79 m19.9 mi
Pace HillNE 42°72 m22.3 mi
Miles HillN 355°62 m19.1 mi
Pedigo HillENE 66°53 m14.5 mi
Sand HillN 358°53 m15.8 mi
Lynch HillNE 41°45 m22.7 mi
Caney HeadSE 136°37 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5819:30
June solstice06:1619:4920:24
September equinox07:0718:4419:16
December solstice07:1216:4517:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687581848479696052
Precip in4.74.14.14.54.55.84.14.34.55.65.45.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wildwood, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971440935

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