Cooley Butte
Cooley Butte rises to 1,029 m in Texas. Wildcat Bluff stands 1,082 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Old JA Ranch, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 7.0 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31552211, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,029 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
- 77.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Camp Don Harrington: 9.0 mi
- Canyon East Park: 10.1 mi
- Historical Monument: 13.0 mi
- Canyon Trails at Buffalo Hill: 13.0 mi
- Victory Circle: 13.0 mi
- Combine city: 8.0 mi
- Cub World Ship: 9.2 mi
- Cub World Fort: 9.2 mi
- Spirit Rock: 12.9 mi
- Ozymandias on the Plains: 14.5 mi
- Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: 13.0 mi
- Kwahadi Musuem of the American Indian: 14.0 mi
- Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame: 15.0 mi
- Texas Air & Space Museum: 15.2 mi
- American Quarter Horse Museum: 15.4 mi
- Goodnight Peak: 1.2 mi
- Brushy Butte: 1.8 mi
- Timber Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Capitol Peak: 2.9 mi
- Capitol Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 12.6 mi
- The Original Texans: 12.9 mi
- Tex Randall statue: 13.7 mi
- Rick Husband: 16.8 mi
- Heart: 16.9 mi
- Soapberry Day Use Area: 2.5 mi
- Southeast Park Pavilion: 12.3 mi
- Lois Rice Pavilion: 13.3 mi
- Fortress Cliff: 3.3 mi
- The Palisades: 8.1 mi
- Hope Garden: 18.3 mi
- 6th Street Urban Farm: 18.5 mi
- River Falls: 5.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cooley Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat Bluff | NW 319° | 1,082 m | 22.6 mi |
| Jackson Hill | SSE 160° | 1,041 m | 24.8 mi |
| Brushy Butte | SE 138° | 1,026 m | 1.8 mi |
| Red Mesa | SSE 167° | 1,017 m | 3.7 mi |
| Castle Peak | S 184° | 999 m | 4.0 mi |
| Timber Mesa | S 190° | 993 m | 1.9 mi |
| Capitol Mesa | S 176° | 979 m | 3.3 mi |
| Lighthouse Peak | S 186° | 962 m | 4.0 mi |
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 | 21:05 |
| 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1354914 — Cooley Butte, Randall County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356731970
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