Museum of the Big Bend
Museum of the Big Bend is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,389 m. Twin Mountains stands 2,098 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas Confederate General Lawrence "Sul" Ross, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
The Museum of the Big Bend is a museum on the campus of and governed by Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, United States that showcases the natural history, culture, and art of the Big Bend region of Texas. The Works Progress Administration built the original museum in 1937. The museum expanded in 2023 to double its original size.
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Wikidata Q98525423, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 23 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hancock Hill: 0.7 mi
- Alpine Hill: 1.1 mi
- Lizard Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Twin Sisters: 5.0 mi
- Big Hill: 5.3 mi
- Texas Confederate General Lawrence "Sul" Ross: 0.1 mi
- Nolte-Rooney House: 0.5 mi
- J. C. Bird: 0.6 mi
- Gage-Van Sickle House: 0.6 mi
- City Building: 0.6 mi
- Pueblo Nuevo Park: 0.5 mi
- Old Town Square Park: 0.7 mi
- Railroad Park: 0.7 mi
- Baines Park: 0.8 mi
- Kokernot Municipal Park: 0.9 mi
- Overland Trail Museum: 21.4 mi
- Rattlers & Reptiles: 21.5 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 21.8 mi
- Marfa Museum: 22.4 mi
- Marfa and Presidio County Museum: 22.4 mi
- Target Marathon: 12.1 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 21.1 mi
- The Block: 22.6 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 22.8 mi
- untitled (dawn to dusk): 23.0 mi
- Ranger Spring: 5.2 mi
- Modesta Springs: 16.2 mi
- Winter Garden: 22.6 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Museum of the Big Bend. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Mountains | WNW 290° | 2,098 m | 11.1 mi |
| Haleys Peak | S 183° | 2,068 m | 13.0 mi |
| Old Blue Mountain | E 80° | 1,886 m | 21.1 mi |
| Ranger Peak | SW 217° | 1,877 m | 6.6 mi |
| Puertacitas Mountains | WNW 289° | 1,870 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Ord | SE 135° | 1,852 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mitre Peak | NW 310° | 1,851 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bird Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,849 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:59 | 19:35 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 06:54 | 20:25 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:44 | 19:21 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 17:23 | 17:59 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4651117558
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