Nature reserve · Texas

Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area

Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area from directly overhead

Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,011 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,156 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. Historic Route 66 passes 61 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.40514, -101.99930

60.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
14.6 mi off the Texas Plains Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

The _X (LX) First Ranch in Potter County: 8.1 mi
The United States Topographical Engineers in the High Plains of Texas: 8.1 mi
First Cemetery in Potter County: 8.1 mi
The Canadian River: 8.2 mi
Great Spanish Road_First Ranch in Potter County_First Store in Potter County: 8.2 mi

Parks

Bishop Hills Village Park: 10.5 mi
Woodlands School Park: 12.4 mi
Westcliff Greenway: 13.0 mi
Willow Vista Park: 13.1 mi
Westcliff Parkway: 13.3 mi

Attractions22

Hobo Hills: 14.5 mi
Hornet: 14.5 mi
Cadillac Ranch: 15.1 mi
Amarillo Botanical Gardens: 15.1 mi
Tascosa Drive-In: 15.2 mi

Peaks11

Indian Fort Mesa: 6.3 mi
Coyote Bluff: 7.3 mi
Wolf Mountain: 10.2 mi
Rotten Hill: 10.7 mi
Wildcat Bluff: 11.6 mi

Museums11

Don Harrington Discovery Center: 15.0 mi
Julian Bivins Museum: 16.9 mi
Harrington House: 17.0 mi
AC Museum of natural history: 17.2 mi
Amarillo Museum of Art: 17.3 mi

Artworks4

Horse: 16.5 mi
Heart: 16.5 mi
Rick Husband: 16.6 mi
Marshall Cator: 16.8 mi

Nature reserves3

Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 1.4 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 3.2 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 4.2 mi

Gardens2

6th Street Urban Farm: 15.0 mi
Hope Garden: 15.1 mi

Rest areas2

Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Texas Travel Information Center at Amarillo and Safety Rest Area: 21.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Tascosa: 15.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Goat Mountain	SSW 194°	1,156 m	11.8 mi
Wolf Mountain	S 186°	1,126 m	10.2 mi
John Ray	NNE 21°	1,117 m	12.4 mi
The Cedar Brakes	W 271°	1,089 m	23.7 mi
Coyote Bluff	S 191°	1,088 m	7.3 mi
Wildcat Bluff	SSE 166°	1,082 m	11.6 mi
Rotten Hill	WSW 254°	1,035 m	10.7 mi
Five Fingers	WSW 251°	1,030 m	11.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:52	19:26	20:00
June solstice	06:34	20:29	21:07
September equinox	07:37	19:13	19:46
December solstice	07:54	17:00	17:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	36	39	47	54	64	74	77	76	68	57	45	37
Precip in	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.4	2.5	2.8	2.5	2.8	1.4	2.1	0.8	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bushland 1 WSW, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1411042205

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