Rex Allen Museum
Rex Allen Museum is a museum in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,270 m. Dos Cabezas Peaks stands 2,534 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Railroad Avenue Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Swift Trail Parkway passes 25 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum and Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame, is a museum in Willcox, Arizona, United States. Rex Elvie Allen (1920-1999), born and raised 40 miles north of Willcox, was known as the "Arizona Cowboy" and "Mister Cowboy". Allen was an authentic cowboy. Allen was an American film and television actor, singer and songwriter. He became famous in the 1950s as one of the last singing cowboys, and as the narrator of many Disney nature and Western productions. The museum includes photographs, movie posters, cowboy outfits, records, musical instruments and other memorabilia. Across the street from the museum is a bronze statue of Rex Allen. It features the memorabilia of local actor and singer Rex Allen. The Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame features portraits of area old-time cowboys who worked in the ranch industry.
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What to expect
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Swift Trail Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Minnie Nash Spring: 9.5 mi
- Muskhog Spring: 9.6 mi
- Blue Ledge Spring: 9.8 mi
- Seventysix Spring: 10.3 mi
- Cedar Spring: 11.5 mi
- Camels Back: 7.8 mi
- Square Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Silver Peak: 9.7 mi
- Simmons Peak: 11.9 mi
- Dos Cabezas Peaks: 13.0 mi
- The Willcox Women's Community Center: 0.2 mi
- Hazel Johnson Park: 0.3 mi
- Ring Target: 5.9 mi
- "W" mountain: 6.5 mi
- Metates: 17.5 mi
- Historic Railroad Avenue Park: 0.0 mi
- Hazel Johnson Park: 0.2 mi
- Jessie Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Keiller Park and Recreation Center: 0.9 mi
- Quail Park: 1.6 mi
- Cochise: 11.0 mi
- Russellville: 18.7 mi
- Pearce: 24.0 mi
- Chiricahua Regional Museum & Research Center: 0.0 mi
- The Amerind Museum: 20.4 mi
- Texas Canyon Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Texas Canyon Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site: 23.1 mi
- BLM: 24.0 mi
- Indian Bread Rocks Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Wasteland Buttress: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rex Allen Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dos Cabezas Peaks | E 99° | 2,534 m | 13.0 mi |
| Cooper Peak | E 101° | 2,412 m | 15.1 mi |
| Iron Tower | E 101° | 2,406 m | 13.3 mi |
| Government Peak | E 100° | 2,303 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Glenn | SSW 204° | 2,288 m | 22.7 mi |
| Howard Peak | ESE 103° | 2,284 m | 16.6 mi |
| Reiley Peak | WNW 300° | 2,252 m | 18.5 mi |
| Simmons Peak | E 93° | 2,251 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:24 | 17:59 | 18:31 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| September equinox | 06:08 | 17:45 | 18:17 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:42 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willcox, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Willcox · 3 mi
- Southeast Arizona · 15 mi
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