Texas Trail Museum
Texas Trail Museum is a museum in Wyoming, at a modelled elevation of 1,538 m. Flattop stands 1,688 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Shelbys Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 21 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
The story
The Texas Trail Museum is a museum housed in a building which was formerly the Power Plant/Fire House for the town of Pine Bluffs in Wyoming. The museum's mission is to preserve and restore the heritage of the Frontier crossroads area (Eastern Laramie County, Wyoming) for future generations, through displays and education.
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Dates from 1986.
Wikidata Q7708190, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, National
21 named places within 25 miles
- Shelbys Park: 0.1 mi
- Pine Bluffs Veterans Memorial and Community Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Bob Stegge Memorial Park: 14.8 mi
- Gary Steege Park: 15.1 mi
- Kimball City Park: 21.6 mi
- Our Lady of Peace Shrine: 0.8 mi
- Nebraska/Wyoming Abandoned Gas Station: 0.9 mi
- Tri-State Monument: 12.5 mi
- Maginnis Irrigation Flume historical marker: 15.5 mi
- Lincoln Highway Marker: 21.6 mi
- Panorama Point: 12.2 mi
- Flattop: 22.5 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 22.6 mi
- Gurney Peak: 22.8 mi
- Round Top: 23.1 mi
- Plains Historical Museum: 21.5 mi
- Grover Depot Museum: 23.1 mi
- Pine Bluffs: 6.8 mi
- Nebraska Historical Marker: 10.5 mi
- Abandoned Drive In: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas Trail Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flattop | NNW 333° | 1,688 m | 22.5 mi |
| Round Top | NNW 333° | 1,673 m | 23.1 mi |
| Panorama Point | S 171° | 1,655 m | 12.2 mi |
| Gurney Peak | NNW 338° | 1,575 m | 22.8 mi |
| Steamboat Rock | NNW 344° | 1,497 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 30 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 61 | 48 | 37 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pine Bluffs 1ese, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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