Peak · Texas

Capitol Peak

Capitol Peak rises to 945 m in Texas. Jackson Hill stands 1,041 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Soapberry Day Use Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 9.9 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Mountain in Texas, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31533272, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 945 m

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Coordinates34.95377, -101.67657

9.9 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
78.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

The Civilian Conservation Corps at Palo Duro Canyon State Park: 2.0 mi
The Old JA Ranch: 2.5 mi
The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon: 2.8 mi
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery: 8.0 mi
Palisades State Park Concession Building: 10.7 mi

Parks59

Historical Monument: 10.4 mi
Canyon East Park: 10.9 mi
Camp Don Harrington: 10.9 mi
Victory Circle: 13.8 mi
Conner Park: 14.1 mi

Attractions25

Combine city: 10.8 mi
Cub World Ship: 11.0 mi
Cub World Fort: 11.0 mi
Spirit Rock: 13.7 mi
Ozymandias on the Plains: 16.7 mi

Museums12

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: 13.8 mi
Kwahadi Musuem of the American Indian: 16.9 mi
Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame: 17.8 mi
Texas Air & Space Museum: 18.1 mi
American Quarter Horse Museum: 18.2 mi

Peaks9

Capitol Mesa: 0.7 mi
Red Mesa: 0.8 mi
Timber Mesa: 1.4 mi
Castle Peak: 1.5 mi
Brushy Butte: 1.6 mi

Artworks7

Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 13.5 mi
The Original Texans: 13.7 mi
Tex Randall statue: 14.5 mi
Rick Husband: 19.6 mi
Richard Daniel Baker Peace Park: 19.7 mi

Picnic sites3

Soapberry Day Use Area: 0.6 mi
Southeast Park Pavilion: 12.9 mi
Lois Rice Pavilion: 14.0 mi

Cliffs2

Fortress Cliff: 1.1 mi
The Palisades: 10.5 mi

Gardens2

Hope Garden: 21.0 mi
6th Street Urban Farm: 21.2 mi

Waterfalls1

River Falls: 7.7 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Amarillo and Safety Rest Area: 16.6 mi

Nature reserves1

Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 24.8 mi

On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Jackson Hill	SSE 159°	1,041 m	21.9 mi
Cooley Butte	NNW 346°	1,029 m	2.9 mi
Brushy Butte	NNE 18°	1,026 m	1.6 mi
Red Mesa	S 172°	1,017 m	0.8 mi
Castle Peak	SW 220°	999 m	1.5 mi
Timber Mesa	NW 314°	993 m	1.4 mi
Capitol Mesa	SW 222°	979 m	0.7 mi
Lighthouse Peak	SW 224°	962 m	1.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:51	19:25	19:59
June solstice	06:34	20:27	21:04
September equinox	07:35	19:12	19:45
December solstice	07:52	17:01	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	37	40	49	57	67	76	80	78	71	59	47	38
Precip in	0.6	0.4	1.1	1.0	2.2	2.7	2.3	3.0	1.9	2.0	0.7	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyon, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1353795 — Capitol Peak, Randall County, Texas.

OpenStreetMap element node/356730558

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