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Motley County Historical Museum

Motley County Historical Museum, a museum in Texas
Motley County Historical Museum, a museum in TexasBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0

Motley County Historical Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 691 m. Quitaque Peaks stands 865 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Motley County Jail Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 29 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
691 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.01306, -100.82359

29 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 16
Peaks: 7
  • Boone Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Connally Peak: 7.9 mi
  • Antelope Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Lucky Knob: 14.5 mi
  • Quitaque Peaks: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
Parks: 1
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quitaque PeaksNW 316°865 m18.0 mi
Antelope HillNW 307°824 m8.7 mi
Connally PeakWNW 292°798 m7.9 mi
Boone MountainWNW 286°791 m4.4 mi
Lucky KnobNE 49°677 m14.5 mi
Bull Pasture HillE 86°635 m18.0 mi
Red HillsENE 74°635 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4819:2219:55
June solstice06:3320:2220:58
September equinox07:3219:0919:42
December solstice07:4617:0017:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414452606978818072625042
Precip in0.80.91.42.02.83.42.02.73.01.91.11.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Matador, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/749296550

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