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Briscoe-Garner Museum

Briscoe-Garner Museum from directly overhead

Briscoe-Garner Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 279 m. Bald Mountain stands 574 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Judge John Nance Garner, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
279 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates29.21251, -99.79222

Overlooks nearby

Around it

110 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 49
Peaks: 45
  • Rocky Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Inge Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Big Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Sevenmile Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Black Mountain: 8.0 mi
Parks: 7
  • Esperanza Park: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • DeLeon Park: 0.7 mi
  • El Jardin de los Heroes: 0.8 mi
  • Uvalde Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Walnut Springs: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 30°574 m24.1 mi
Double KnobsNNW 330°572 m21.0 mi
Sycamore MountainNNW 333°562 m19.9 mi
Devils Backbone MountainN 5°549 m22.0 mi
Davenport HillN 0°535 m17.4 mi
Coffin MountainNNE 16°514 m24.5 mi
Double MountainNW 307°505 m25.0 mi
Fence MountainNW 311°504 m21.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:2019:51
June solstice06:4120:0720:42
September equinox07:2819:0619:37
December solstice07:3017:1017:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368165058

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