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V8 Ranch

V8 Ranch from directly overhead

V8 Ranch is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 922 m. Courthouse Mountain stands 909 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ransom Canyon, a historic site 2.6 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 1.3 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2017
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.53072, -101.72757

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • City of Lubbock land: 4.5 mi
  • Dunbar Historical Lake Park: 5.4 mi
  • Will Sedberry Park: 5.7 mi
  • Naomi Reagan Park: 6.0 mi
  • Underwood Park: 6.1 mi
Artworks: 45
Museums: 11
Attractions: 11
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Gholson Spring: 15.1 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Courthouse Mountain: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of V8 Ranch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Courthouse MountainESE 110°909 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2619:59
June solstice06:3820:2421:01
September equinox07:3619:1219:45
December solstice07:4817:0517:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653627078818072635143
Precip in0.70.61.21.42.62.72.22.02.61.70.80.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lubbock WFO, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12452322460

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