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 959 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,156 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. Historic Route 66 passes 65 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Bureau of Land Management

Getting there

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Coordinates35.43873, -101.93711

64.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
16.1 mi off the Texas Plains Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

First Cemetery in Potter County: 3.9 mi
The _X (LX) First Ranch in Potter County: 4.0 mi
The United States Topographical Engineers in the High Plains of Texas: 4.0 mi
The Canadian River: 4.0 mi
Great Spanish Road_First Ranch in Potter County_First Store in Potter County: 4.0 mi

Parks

Willow Vista Park: 12.5 mi
Bishop Hills Village Park: 12.5 mi
Woodlands School Park: 13.9 mi
Pleasant Valley Park: 14.0 mi
River Road Park: 14.4 mi

Attractions22

Hornet: 14.7 mi
Tascosa Drive-In: 15.4 mi
Hobo Hills: 16.1 mi
Amarillo Scaregrounds: 16.6 mi
Amarillo Botanical Gardens: 16.7 mi

Museums12

Don Harrington Discovery Center: 16.5 mi
Harrington House: 17.6 mi
AC Museum of natural history: 18.0 mi
Amarillo Museum of Art: 18.0 mi
American Quarter Horse Museum: 18.4 mi

Peaks11

Indian Fort Mesa: 4.4 mi
John Ray: 9.3 mi
Lost Mesa: 10.1 mi
Hackberry Mesa: 10.2 mi
Coyote Bluff: 10.7 mi

Artworks4

Horse: 17.0 mi
Heart: 17.0 mi
Rick Husband: 17.1 mi
Marshall Cator: 19.0 mi

Nature reserves3

Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 3.4 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 4.2 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 4.2 mi

Gardens2

6th Street Urban Farm: 16.0 mi
Hope Garden: 16.1 mi

Rest areas2

Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
Texas Travel Information Center at Amarillo and Safety Rest Area: 20.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Tascosa: 18.4 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 205°	1,156 m	15.2 mi
Wolf Mountain	SSW 200°	1,126 m	13.3 mi
John Ray	N 6°	1,117 m	9.3 mi
Coyote Bluff	SSW 207°	1,088 m	10.7 mi
Wildcat Bluff	S 183°	1,082 m	13.6 mi
Rotten Hill	WSW 249°	1,035 m	14.8 mi
Five Fingers	WSW 247°	1,030 m	15.9 mi
Antelope Peak	ENE 63°	1,024 m	23.2 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	07:36	19:13	19:46
December solstice	07:54	17:00	17:39

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	37	41	49	57	67	77	80	78	71	59	46	37
Precip in	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.3	1.8	2.7	2.7	3.3	1.6	2.1	0.6	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boys RCH, 19 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1411042204

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