Rocket Park
Rocket Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 908 m. Sierra Madera stands 1,370 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lannom Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Pecos Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 908 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
59 named places within 25 miles
- Oil and Gas Industry in Pecos County: 0.7 mi
- Old Fort Cemetery: 0.8 mi
- First National Bank Building: 1.0 mi
- First Telephone Exchange: 1.0 mi
- Fort Stockton Officers' Quarters: 1.0 mi
- Twomile Hill: 2.6 mi
- Fivemile Hill: 5.4 mi
- Fivemile Mesa: 5.4 mi
- Flat Top: 5.4 mi
- The Needle Point: 5.6 mi
- Lannom Park: 0.4 mi
- Instinct Park: 0.4 mi
- Doc and Polly Vickery Park: 0.6 mi
- Oasis Park: 0.8 mi
- Jaycee Park: 0.8 mi
- Comanche Springs: 1.3 mi
- Monument Springs: 19.0 mi
- Bonebrake Spring: 19.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Giant Road Runner: 0.7 mi
- Paisano Pete: Giant Roadrunner: 0.7 mi
- Annie Riggs Museum: 1.2 mi
- Baldridge, Texas: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rocket Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Madera | S 184° | 1,370 m | 21.1 mi |
| Pikes Peak | SW 219° | 1,154 m | 18.4 mi |
| Twelvemile Mesa | SW 215° | 1,139 m | 10.8 mi |
| Triple Butte | SW 235° | 1,107 m | 17.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,091 m | 15.5 mi |
| Fivemile Mesa | ESE 120° | 1,024 m | 5.4 mi |
| Fivemile Hill | SSW 203° | 972 m | 5.4 mi |
| Twomile Hill | WSW 255° | 961 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:56 | 19:32 | 20:03 |
| June solstice | 06:50 | 20:23 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:41 | 19:18 | 19:50 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 17:18 | 17:55 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 68 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Stockton, 2 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle53 obs
- silverleaf nightshade27 obs
- Rio Grande Ground Squirrel17 obs
- harmel15 obs
- honey mesquite15 obs
- field bindweed14 obs
- Creosote Bush13 obs
- White-winged Dove12 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.
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