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Western Trail

Western Trail from directly overhead

Western Trail is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 535 m. Hyman Hill stands 647 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Top Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 8.2 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

location of famous cattle drives in 1800's

The record

What the record says

Built
1876
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.25866, -99.37959
Around it

62 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 26
Peaks: 18
  • Table Top Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Center of Texas: 4.8 mi
  • Corn Creek Hills: 8.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Point: 9.2 mi
  • Round Mountain: 11.4 mi
Parks: 9
  • E. O. Martin Memorial Park: 8.7 mi
  • Lake Brady Park: 8.8 mi
  • Richards Park: 8.9 mi
  • Rollie G White Complex: 9.1 mi
  • Willie Washington Park: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Sheltered Table: 8.7 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 8.7 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 8.7 mi
  • Sheltered Table: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 1
  • HOT Museum: 8.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hyman HillSW 217°647 m24.9 mi
Rattlesnake PointW 273°602 m9.2 mi
Corn Creek HillsE 83°597 m8.8 mi
Table Top MountainENE 74°592 m2.3 mi
Bryson HillSE 139°528 m11.7 mi
Round MountainENE 58°503 m11.4 mi
Lost MountainNE 41°496 m14.7 mi
Lost PointNE 35°481 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1719:49
June solstice06:3520:1020:46
September equinox07:2719:0419:36
December solstice07:3317:0317:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657380838376675648
Precip in1.31.72.32.13.82.92.12.22.82.71.91.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brady, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/4751513817

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