Historic site · Texas

Town of Amherst

Town of Amherst from directly overhead

Town of Amherst is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,114 m. The nearest named place is Franklin A. Loyd, a historic site 5.9 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 15 miles off. 42 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1972
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.00856, -102.41697

15.5 mi off the Texas Plains Trail

Around it

42 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites29

Franklin A. Loyd: 5.9 mi
Sod House Spring: 6.6 mi
Rocky Ford Crossing and Community: 7.2 mi
Old Watering Trough: 7.4 mi
In Memory of George W. Littlefield: 7.8 mi

Parks8

Laguna Park: 7.5 mi
Dunbar Park: 8.1 mi
Crescent Park: 8.5 mi
Olton City Park: 19.5 mi
Anton Circle Memorial Park: 20.0 mi

Museums2

Muleshoe Museum: 23.1 mi
Mulleshoe Heritage Center: 24.7 mi

Rest areas1

Picnic Area: 6.8 mi

Cliffs1

Casas Amarillas: 14.0 mi

Nature reserves1

Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge: 18.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:54	19:29	20:02
June solstice	06:40	20:28	21:05
September equinox	07:38	19:15	19:48
December solstice	07:52	17:07	17:45

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	38	42	50	58	67	76	79	77	70	59	47	39
Precip in	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.0	2.9	2.2	2.3	2.3	1.3	0.7	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Littlefield, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12438067575

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