Marfa and Presidio County Museum
Marfa and Presidio County Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 1,605 m. Baldy Peak stands 2,537 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Humphris-Humphreys House, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Mountain Trail runs past it. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
historic place in Marfa, Presidio County, Texas
Wikidata Q107322827, matched on coordinates and name (21 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1605 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 20 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 21 mi
140 named places within 25 miles
- Humphris-Humphreys House: 0.0 mi
- Hotel El Paisano: 0.2 mi
- Blackwell School: 0.3 mi
- Presidio County Courthouse: 0.3 mi
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church: 0.3 mi
- Rancheria Hills: 5.2 mi
- Orphan Hill: 8.8 mi
- Black Peaks: 11.0 mi
- Puertacitas Mountains: 11.0 mi
- Mano Prieto Mountain: 12.2 mi
- Marfa Lights View Park: 8.6 mi
- Killingsworth Arena: 20.2 mi
- Shipman Park: 20.6 mi
- American Legion Park: 20.9 mi
- Medina Park: 21.4 mi
- Ranger Spring: 18.5 mi
- Modesta Springs: 19.2 mi
- Limpia Spring: 23.8 mi
- Peewee Spring: 24.3 mi
- Tobe Spring: 24.6 mi
- Marfa Museum: 0.0 mi
- Blackwell School: 0.3 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 0.6 mi
- Overland Trail Museum: 21.1 mi
- Rattlers & Reptiles: 21.7 mi
- The Block: 0.2 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 0.6 mi
- untitled (dawn to dusk): 0.7 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 1.3 mi
- Winter Garden: 0.2 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 0.8 mi
- Point of Rocks roadside park: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marfa and Presidio County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Peak | NNW 338° | 2,537 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Livermore | NNW 338° | 2,492 m | 24.3 mi |
| Brooks Mountain | NNW 334° | 2,365 m | 25.0 mi |
| Paradise Mountain | NNW 340° | 2,354 m | 21.1 mi |
| Pine Peak | NNW 347° | 2,341 m | 24.5 mi |
| Richman Mountain | NNW 340° | 2,315 m | 24.7 mi |
| Pine Mesa | NNW 337° | 2,223 m | 22.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | N 360° | 2,221 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:36 | 20:08 |
| June solstice | 06:56 | 20:27 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:22 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 17:24 | 18:01 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 60 | 51 | 42 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marfa 3W, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368165559
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