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Chisholm Trail Outdoor Musuem

Chisholm Trail Outdoor Musuem from directly overhead

Chisholm Trail Outdoor Musuem is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Comanche Peak stands 373 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Wardville, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 12 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.32288, -97.44741

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums: 17
Artworks: 17
  • General Cleburne: 3.8 mi
  • Wild Frontier, Trail Dust, And Rails: 3.9 mi
  • Shannon's Wings: 4.0 mi
  • How Do You Stack Up?: 4.0 mi
  • Welcome to Historic Cleburne: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 12
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 6
Attractions: 6
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Canoe Docks: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Acton Tabernacle: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chisholm Trail Outdoor Musuem. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Comanche PeakW 281°373 m21.0 mi
Brushy KnobN 8°303 m9.2 mi
Caddo PeakNNE 12°303 m11.2 mi
Barnard KnobW 276°292 m11.0 mi
Berry KnobW 261°285 m9.8 mi
Brushy MoundNNE 20°275 m16.9 mi
Turkey PeakNNE 20°266 m16.0 mi
Thompson MountainWNW 298°247 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0919:42
June solstice06:2420:0420:41
September equinox07:1918:5619:28
December solstice07:2816:5217:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647280848477665547
Precip in2.62.53.53.14.33.92.12.83.04.42.92.5

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

  • stiff greenthread30 obs
  • Dakota mock vervain29 obs
  • Purple paintbrush26 obs
  • Antelopehorn Milkweed24 obs
  • Pinkladies20 obs
  • crowpoison19 obs
  • Engelmann daisy19 obs
  • Leavenworth's eryngo19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1147419580

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