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James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area

James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Tordillo Hills stands 153 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Calliham, a historic site 2.7 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates28.50703, -98.38001

79 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 11
  • Choke Canyon State Park - Calliham Unit: 2.9 mi
  • Choke Canyon State Park - South Shore Unit: 8.2 mi
  • Clifton & Nora Wheeler Memorial Park: 10.5 mi
  • Tips Park: 11.9 mi
  • Aristeo Ponce Park: 12.1 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Opossum Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Comanche Hills: 9.8 mi
  • Register Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Lipan Hills: 14.7 mi
  • San Caja Hill: 16.8 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Geronimo: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tordillo HillsNE 34°153 m25.0 mi
San Caja HillS 180°146 m16.8 mi
Opossum HillN 349°114 m4.2 mi
Lipan HillsNNE 27°110 m18.6 mi
Odom HillE 86°110 m21.9 mi
Lipan HillsNNE 26°101 m14.7 mi
Register HillWSW 248°87 m12.1 mi
Comanche HillsENE 72°74 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1419:45
June solstice06:3720:0020:35
September equinox07:2319:0019:31
December solstice07:2317:0717:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555965727984868681746457
Precip in1.41.42.12.63.02.52.41.83.52.21.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calliham, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/611943396

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