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Culberson County Historic Museum

Culberson County Historic Museum from directly overhead

Culberson County Historic Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 1,227 m. Eagle Peak stands 2,274 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Original Culberson County Jail, a historic site 2.9 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1227 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.08319, -104.81549
Around it

50 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 29
  • Threemile Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Beach Mountains: 4.4 mi
  • Tumbledown Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Carrizo Mountains: 6.2 mi
  • Hackett Peak: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 9
Rest areas: 5
Parks: 3
  • Van Horn City Park: 2.9 mi
  • Rivas Park: 3.8 mi
  • South Lobo Campground: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Van Horn V: 3.2 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakSW 235°2,274 m19.5 mi
Panther PeakWSW 246°1,929 m18.8 mi
Victorio PeakN 349°1,912 m17.1 mi
Sheep PeakNW 315°1,839 m14.0 mi
Collier MesaNNW 333°1,784 m16.3 mi
Tumbledown MountainNW 315°1,780 m5.6 mi
Beach MountainsNW 325°1,761 m4.4 mi
Goat MountainWNW 299°1,746 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0419:3920:11
June solstice06:5720:3121:07
September equinox07:4819:2519:57
December solstice07:5417:2518:02

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956637280818073645345
Precip in0.50.40.30.20.51.12.01.91.50.90.40.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — VAN Horn, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368164842

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