Carpenter Mountain
Carpenter Mountain rises to 1,770 m in Texas. Baldy Peak stands 2,537 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Point of Rocks roadside park, a picnic site 1.1 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
Carpenter Mountain is a mountain peak in Jeff Davis County, Texas. Its summit is 5,826 feet (1,776 m) above sea level. Carpenter Mountain is about 12 mi (19 km) west-southwest of Fort Davis, Texas.
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Wikidata Q5045726, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,770 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 10 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bull Pasture Hills: 2.9 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 3.2 mi
- Blue Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Lone Tree Hill: 4.8 mi
- Mine Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Bloys Camp Meeting: 4.8 mi
- Prude Ranch: 9.2 mi
- Wolf Den Tank: 10.7 mi
- Grierson-Sproul House: 10.8 mi
- McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas: 10.8 mi
- Limpia Spring: 9.4 mi
- Pine Peak Spring: 10.2 mi
- Peewee Spring: 10.3 mi
- Bridge Spring: 10.6 mi
- Tobe Spring: 10.7 mi
- Overland Trail Museum: 11.6 mi
- Rattlers & Reptiles: 12.1 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 14.5 mi
- Marfa Museum: 14.7 mi
- Marfa and Presidio County Museum: 14.7 mi
- The Block: 14.7 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 14.9 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 15.1 mi
- Point of Rocks roadside park: 1.1 mi
- Madera Canyon Roadside Park: 13.2 mi
- McDonald Observatory: 11.4 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 15.3 mi
- Marfa Lights View Park: 20.0 mi
- Killingsworth Arena: 24.7 mi
- Winter Garden: 14.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Carpenter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Peak | NW 322° | 2,537 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Livermore | NW 322° | 2,492 m | 10.3 mi |
| Brooks Mountain | NW 313° | 2,365 m | 11.6 mi |
| Paradise Mountain | NW 320° | 2,354 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pine Peak | NNW 343° | 2,341 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NW 320° | 2,333 m | 15.0 mi |
| Richman Mountain | NNW 327° | 2,315 m | 10.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 20° | 2,296 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:36 | 20:08 |
| June solstice | 06:55 | 20:27 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:23 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 17:24 | 18:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 53 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Locke, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1353846 — Carpenter Mountain, Jeff Davis County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356730641
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