Hancock Hill
Hancock Hill rises to 1,478 m in Texas. Twin Mountains stands 2,098 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum of the Big Bend, a museum 0.7 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Texas, United States of America
Wikidata Q31712561, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1478 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 23 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alpine Hill: 1.8 mi
- Lizard Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Big Hill: 5.6 mi
- Twin Sisters: 5.7 mi
- Ranger Peak: 7.3 mi
- Texas Confederate General Lawrence "Sul" Ross: 0.8 mi
- Burgess' Water Hole: 0.8 mi
- Nolte-Rooney House: 1.2 mi
- J. C. Bird: 1.2 mi
- City Building: 1.3 mi
- Kokernot Municipal Park: 1.0 mi
- Pueblo Nuevo Park: 1.1 mi
- Old Town Square Park: 1.4 mi
- Railroad Park: 1.4 mi
- Baines Park: 1.5 mi
- Museum of the Big Bend: 0.7 mi
- Overland Trail Museum: 21.2 mi
- Rattlers & Reptiles: 21.2 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 22.3 mi
- Marfa Museum: 22.8 mi
- Target Marathon: 12.0 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 21.5 mi
- The Block: 23.0 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 23.3 mi
- untitled (dawn to dusk): 23.4 mi
- Ranger Spring: 6.0 mi
- Modesta Springs: 16.0 mi
- Winter Garden: 23.1 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Hancock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Mountains | WNW 286° | 2,098 m | 11.3 mi |
| Haleys Peak | S 184° | 2,068 m | 13.7 mi |
| Old Blue Mountain | E 82° | 1,886 m | 20.6 mi |
| Ranger Peak | SW 216° | 1,877 m | 7.3 mi |
| Puertacitas Mountains | WNW 286° | 1,870 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Ord | SE 139° | 1,852 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mitre Peak | NW 307° | 1,851 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bird Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,849 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:59 | 19:35 | 20:06 |
| June solstice | 06:54 | 20:25 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:44 | 19:21 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 17:23 | 17:59 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356707337
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