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Overland Trail Museum

Overland Trail Museum from directly overhead

Overland Trail Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 1,680 m. Baldy Peak stands 2,537 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Neill Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 6.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1680 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates30.70765, -103.91574

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mesa Sproul: 2.1 mi
  • The Nine Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Black Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Swayback Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Casket Mountain: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 28
Springs: 16
  • Pine Peak Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Modesta Springs: 12.8 mi
  • Limpia Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Head Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Bridge Spring: 15.6 mi
Museums: 3
  • Neill Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Rattlers & Reptiles: 7.6 mi
  • Overland Trail Museum: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Madera Canyon Roadside Park: 11.3 mi
  • Point of Rocks roadside park: 14.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • McDonald Observatory: 6.8 mi
Parks: 1
  • C.T. Gray Park: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Sandia Wetlands: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Overland Trail Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldy PeakWSW 252°2,537 m16.1 mi
Mount LivermoreWSW 252°2,492 m16.1 mi
Paradise MountainWSW 240°2,354 m15.4 mi
Pine PeakWSW 253°2,341 m12.3 mi
Richman MountainWSW 254°2,315 m15.2 mi
Black MountainWNW 285°2,296 m4.0 mi
Whitetail MountainW 260°2,281 m16.2 mi
Pine MesaWSW 246°2,223 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0019:3620:08
June solstice06:5420:2721:02
September equinox07:4519:2219:54
December solstice07:5017:2317:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444753596773727267615145
Precip in0.60.50.40.51.42.54.03.53.01.40.70.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Locke, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368165673

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