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Red River Valley Museum

Red River Valley Museum from directly overhead

Red River Valley Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 375 m. Big Mound stands 522 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilbarger County, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The story

The Red River Valley Museum is located at 4600 College Drive, in Vernon, Texas, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1965.

Wikidata Q7304873, matched on coordinates and name (408 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
375 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.15788, -99.32083

50 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 9
  • Allingham Park: 1.6 mi
  • Christine Lyday Park: 1.8 mi
  • Vernon City Park / Orbison Park: 2.2 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 2.5 mi
  • D.L. Green Park: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Little Mound: 17.0 mi
  • Third Mound: 17.1 mi
  • Medicine Mounds: 17.4 mi
  • Cedar Mound: 17.5 mi
  • Big Mound: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big MoundW 279°522 m17.8 mi
Cedar MoundW 278°506 m17.5 mi
Third MoundW 276°489 m17.1 mi
Flat TopWNW 290°488 m22.0 mi
Little MoundW 275°476 m17.0 mi
Medicine MoundsW 277°474 m17.4 mi
RaggedyWSW 253°436 m22.4 mi
Twin PeaksSE 137°357 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:49
June solstice06:2720:1620:53
September equinox07:2619:0319:36
December solstice07:4016:5417:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424554627281858476655243
Precip in1.11.22.12.63.74.12.42.83.02.51.61.3

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368165105

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