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Comanchero Canyons Museum

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Comanchero Canyons Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 783 m. Old Flat Top stands 923 m to the northwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Quitaque Panthers & Pantherettes, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 7.5 miles off. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

Comanchero Canyons Museum is a nonprofit organization in Quitaque, Texas, covering history from the counties of Swisher, Briscoe, Hall, Floyd, Motley, and Crosby.

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.36492, -101.05479

53 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 9
  • Old Flat Top: 3.6 mi
  • Eagles Point: 5.0 mi
  • Haynes Ridge: 6.8 mi
  • Schott Mountain: 11.4 mi
  • Quitaque Peaks: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 6
Parks: 4
  • Quitaque City Park: 0.1 mi
  • Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway: 6.2 mi
  • Bob Wills Park: 9.0 mi
  • Silverton Municipal Park: 16.3 mi
Museums: 2
Springs: 2
  • Terry Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Minnow Spring: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lingos Falls: 8.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Old Flat TopNW 316°923 m3.6 mi
Quitaque PeaksS 177°865 m11.5 mi
Schott MountainN 349°845 m11.4 mi
Eagles PointN 349°833 m5.0 mi
Antelope HillSSE 162°824 m20.1 mi
Connally PeakSSE 165°798 m22.1 mi
Indian PeakNNW 338°797 m15.0 mi
Boone MountainSSE 159°791 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2319:56
June solstice06:3320:2321:00
September equinox07:3319:0919:43
December solstice07:4717:0017:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414553617079838174635143
Precip in0.91.01.62.53.33.92.42.62.91.91.10.9

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1065350917

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