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Frontier Times Museum

Frontier Times Museum, a museum in Texas
Frontier Times Museum, a museum in TexasBFS Man from Webster, TX, USA · CC BY 2.0
Frontier Times Museum, a museum in Texas
BFS Man from Webster, TX, USA · CC BY 2.0
Frontier Times Museum, a museum in Texas
Myotus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Frontier Times Museum, a museum in Texas
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
Frontier Times Museum, a museum in Texas
Shane Rea · CC BY-SA 3.0
Frontier Times Museum, a museum in Texas
BFS Man from Webster, TX, USA · CC BY 2.0

Frontier Times Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 386 m. Edwards Peak stands 666 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. Texas Hill Country Trail runs past it.

About

The story

museum of Hunters Frontier magazine in Texas USA

Dates from 1933.

Wikidata Q5506041, matched on coordinates and name (7 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates29.72816, -99.07124
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Rugh Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Town Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Polly Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Fivemile Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Langford Mountain: 7.2 mi
Parks: 53
  • Western Heritage Park: 0.2 mi
  • M. R. Sandige Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bandera City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mansfield Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bandera Sports Complex: 2.3 mi
Springs: 17
  • Dripping Springs: 0.8 mi
  • Kindla Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Pear Tree Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Indian Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Bear Springs: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
Rest areas: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Dinosaur Tracks: 20.9 mi
  • Hoffmann Hayfield: 21.3 mi
  • Cascade Caverns: 23.5 mi
  • The Cross at Kerrville: 24.1 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Museums: 3
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • SR 173 Roadside Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Frontier Times Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edwards PeakNW 319°666 m14.6 mi
Round MountainW 272°648 m17.2 mi
Seco MountainW 260°629 m19.1 mi
Turkey KnobNE 53°623 m12.2 mi
Round TopN 4°611 m9.7 mi
Flag MountainSW 235°604 m12.6 mi
Split MountainWSW 244°604 m20.4 mi
Chalk MountainWSW 257°601 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1719:48
June solstice06:3720:0620:41
September equinox07:2519:0319:34
December solstice07:2817:0617:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360667480828277685850
Precip in2.21.83.02.55.53.92.52.34.53.32.32.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medina 1NE, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/679156107

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