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 996 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,156 m to the south-southwest, 11 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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Coordinates35.39020, -101.98335

61.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
14.4 mi off the Texas Plains Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

The United States Topographical Engineers in the High Plains of Texas: 7.8 mi
The _X (LX) First Ranch in Potter County: 7.8 mi
First Cemetery in Potter County: 8.2 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: 9.3 mi
Woodlands School Park: 11.2 mi
Westcliff Greenway: 11.7 mi
Willow Vista Park: 11.7 mi
Westcliff Parkway: 12.0 mi

Attractions23

Hornet: 13.2 mi
Hobo Hills: 13.3 mi
Tascosa Drive-In: 13.8 mi
Amarillo Botanical Gardens: 13.8 mi
Cadillac Ranch: 14.0 mi

Peaks11

Coyote Bluff: 6.5 mi
Indian Fort Mesa: 7.2 mi
Wolf Mountain: 9.3 mi
Wildcat Bluff: 10.4 mi
Goat Mountain: 11.1 mi

Museums11

Don Harrington Discovery Center: 13.7 mi
Harrington House: 15.6 mi
AC Museum of natural history: 15.9 mi
Amarillo Museum of Art: 16.0 mi
Texas Panhandle War Memorial Center: 16.5 mi

Artworks4

Horse: 15.1 mi
Heart: 15.1 mi
Rick Husband: 15.3 mi
Marshall Cator: 18.1 mi

Nature reserves3

Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 1.4 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 2.1 mi
Cross Bar Special Recreation Management Area: 4.2 mi

Gardens2

6th Street Urban Farm: 13.6 mi
Hope Garden: 13.8 mi

Rest areas2

Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Texas Travel Information Center at Amarillo and Safety Rest Area: 20.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Tascosa: 17.2 mi

Cliffs1

The Palisades: 24.7 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 200°	1,156 m	11.1 mi
Wolf Mountain	SSW 192°	1,126 m	9.3 mi
John Ray	NNE 16°	1,117 m	13.1 mi
The Cedar Brakes	W 273°	1,089 m	24.7 mi
Coyote Bluff	SSW 201°	1,088 m	6.5 mi
Wildcat Bluff	S 169°	1,082 m	10.4 mi
Rotten Hill	W 260°	1,035 m	11.3 mi
Five Fingers	WSW 257°	1,030 m	12.4 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, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1411042206

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