Lizard Mountain
Lizard Mountain rises to 1,464 m in Texas. Twin Mountains stands 2,098 m to the northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Sisters, a peak 1.7 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Texas, United States of America
Wikidata Q31713492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1464 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 23 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Sisters: 1.7 mi
- Alpine Hill: 2.5 mi
- Ranger Peak: 3.3 mi
- Hancock Hill: 4.1 mi
- Paisano Peak: 5.1 mi
- W. W. Townsend Home: 2.3 mi
- Garcia-Valadez House: 2.6 mi
- Our Lady of Peace Parish Hall: 2.6 mi
- Holland Hotel Building: 2.6 mi
- John R. Holland: 2.6 mi
- Shipman Park: 2.3 mi
- Medina Park: 2.3 mi
- American Legion Park: 2.5 mi
- Killingsworth Arena: 2.6 mi
- Baines Park: 2.7 mi
- Museum of the Big Bend: 3.4 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 19.0 mi
- Marfa and Presidio County Museum: 19.5 mi
- Marfa Museum: 19.5 mi
- Blackwell School: 19.6 mi
- Target Marathon: 14.1 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 18.2 mi
- The Block: 19.7 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 19.9 mi
- untitled (dawn to dusk): 20.1 mi
- Ranger Spring: 1.9 mi
- Modesta Springs: 16.4 mi
- Winter Garden: 19.8 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Lizard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Mountains | NW 308° | 2,098 m | 9.9 mi |
| Haleys Peak | S 170° | 2,068 m | 10.9 mi |
| Ranger Peak | SSW 205° | 1,877 m | 3.3 mi |
| Puertacitas Mountains | WNW 300° | 1,870 m | 15.3 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,865 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mount Ord | ESE 119° | 1,852 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mitre Peak | NNW 329° | 1,851 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bird Mountain | E 91° | 1,849 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:59 | 19:35 | 20:07 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1340269 — Lizard Mountain, Brewster County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356710110
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