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Lampasas County Museum

Lampasas County Museum from directly overhead

Lampasas County Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 311 m. Messanger Mountain stands 502 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 24 miles off.

About

The story

city in and county seat of Lampasas County, Texas, United States

Dates from 1883.

Wikidata Q981474, matched on coordinates and name (395 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
311 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.06601, -98.17920

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Cedar Top Peak: 5.5 mi
  • Carter Mountains: 6.7 mi
  • Flat Top Peak: 6.8 mi
  • Bachelor Peak: 6.9 mi
  • Boys Peak: 7.3 mi
Parks: 47
  • Campbell Park/Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Indian Trails Nature Area: 0.4 mi
  • Cooper Springs Nature Park: 0.4 mi
  • College Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • W. M. Brook Park: 0.6 mi
Springs: 13
  • Gooch Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Adams Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Persimmon Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Trough Spring: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Museums: 7
  • Lampasas County Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Burnet County Historical Jail: 21.5 mi
  • Fort Croghan Museum: 21.6 mi
  • Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 22.8 mi
  • 1st cav War on Terror: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • World's Largest Spur: 1.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Lampasas County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Messanger MountainWNW 298°502 m13.5 mi
Knight MountainWNW 301°501 m11.6 mi
Long MountainSW 220°490 m14.7 mi
Payne MountainNNW 337°490 m22.6 mi
Twin Sister PeaksWNW 291°485 m11.8 mi
Lookout MountainSW 229°484 m13.9 mi
Potato HillSSW 198°484 m18.7 mi
Waters MountainW 281°480 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1319:45
June solstice06:3020:0520:40
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2816:5917:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657381848478675748
Precip in2.22.23.02.54.63.51.92.32.43.02.22.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lampasas, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368165608

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