Roy Orbison Museum
Roy Orbison Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 852 m. Blue Mountain stands 1,067 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Winkler County Discovery Well, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Pecos Trail passes 16 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
64 named places within 25 miles
- Winkler County Discovery Well: 0.0 mi
- Wink: 0.1 mi
- Roy Orbison: 0.2 mi
- Wink Junior and High School: 0.3 mi
- Old Wink Cemetery: 1.5 mi
- Winkler County Library Park: 0.2 mi
- Winkler County Park: 0.3 mi
- Vest Park: 7.2 mi
- Birtciel Park: 7.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 7.6 mi
- Kermit Sand Hills: 17.6 mi
- Monahans Sandhills: 18.1 mi
- Blue Mountain: 20.1 mi
- Hays Hill: 20.6 mi
- Ector County High Point: 24.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Bomber Base Museum: 14.8 mi
- Million Barrel Museum: 19.8 mi
- Ward County Westbound Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Ward County Eastbound Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Pyote: 15.2 mi
- Southeast corner of New Mexico: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Roy Orbison Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,066.8 m | 20.1 mi |
| Ector County High Point | ENE 58° | 1,024 m | 24.8 mi |
| Kermit Sand Hills | NE 36° | 930 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hays Hill | SSW 210° | 850 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:57 | 19:32 | 20:05 |
| June solstice | 06:48 | 20:26 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:19 | 19:51 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 17:17 | 17:54 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wink FAA AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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