The Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum
The Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Comanche Peak stands 373 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Chisholm Trail Outdoor Musuem, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 12 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum; Big Bear Native American Museum are living history museum campuses that bring Texas heritage, frontier history, and Native American culture to life.
The story
The Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum in Cleburne, Texas is an outdoor museum that celebrates the Chisholm Trail. The museum features a number of original, and recreated buildings, including the oldest surviving log Courthouse in Texas, from 1855. The museum also features a Western Memorabilia Museum, featuring items belonging to former Fort Worth city manager Douglas Harman. Other attractions include a working blacksmith shop, a restored 19th-century stagecoach, a Texas Rangers and Civil War Museum, and a petting zoo.
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Wikidata Q136400282, matched on coordinates and name (34 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Carrie Murdoch
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Chisholm Trail Outdoor Musuem: 0.1 mi
- Byron Stewart Park: 0.4 mi
- Belclaire Community Park: 2.0 mi
- Stone Park: 2.0 mi
- Winston Patrick McGregor Park: 2.2 mi
- Site of Wardville: 0.1 mi
- Southwest Metroplex Baptist Association: 1.8 mi
- Holocaust Remembrance: 2.2 mi
- Wesley's Garden: 2.2 mi
- First United Methodist Church, Cleburne: 2.3 mi
- General Cleburne: 3.8 mi
- Wild Frontier, Trail Dust, And Rails: 4.0 mi
- Shannon's Wings: 4.0 mi
- How Do You Stack Up?: 4.1 mi
- Welcome to Historic Cleburne: 4.1 mi
- Johnson County Courthouse Museum: 4.0 mi
- Cleburne Railroad Museum: 4.0 mi
- Lowell Smith Sr. History Center: 4.0 mi
- Layland Museum: 4.0 mi
- Gone With the Wind Museum: 4.1 mi
- Brushy Knob: 9.2 mi
- Berry Knob: 9.7 mi
- Barnard Knob: 10.9 mi
- Caddo Peak: 11.2 mi
- Brushy Knob: 12.1 mi
- Bluff Mills: 10.9 mi
- Broke Rock: 11.1 mi
- Hendrick Arnold Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 15.0 mi
- White Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Iris Garden: 2.2 mi
- Guinn Garden at Buffalo Creek: 3.8 mi
- elizabeth crockett butterfly Garden: 14.7 mi
- Fire Station 16 Memorial Garden: 15.9 mi
- Somervell County Master Gardeners Demo Garden: 18.8 mi
- The Spirit of Cleburne: 3.8 mi
- ATSF 999457: 4.3 mi
- Apatosaurus: 22.1 mi
- Tyrannosaurus rex: 22.1 mi
- Serenity Point: 24.4 mi
- Old City Spring: 3.8 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 7.3 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 7.5 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Acton Nature Center: 14.7 mi
- Glen Rose Bird Sanctuary: 18.9 mi
- Canoe Docks: 12.6 mi
- Brazos Point: 13.7 mi
- Acton Tabernacle: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Chisholm Trail Outdoor Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Peak | W 281° | 373 m | 21.0 mi |
| Brushy Knob | N 8° | 303 m | 9.2 mi |
| Caddo Peak | NNE 12° | 303 m | 11.2 mi |
| Barnard Knob | W 276° | 292 m | 10.9 mi |
| Berry Knob | W 261° | 285 m | 9.7 mi |
| Brushy Mound | NNE 20° | 275 m | 16.9 mi |
| Turkey Peak | NNE 21° | 266 m | 16.0 mi |
| Thompson Mountain | WNW 298° | 247 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:04 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:52 | 17:29 |
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 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleburne, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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