Mount Locke
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Mount Locke rises to 2,066 m in Texas. Baldy Peak stands 2,537 m to the west-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31713507, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,066 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Limpia Creek Vista · 8 mi
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Fowlkes: 0.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 1.2 mi
- Guide Peak: 2.1 mi
- Spring Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Limpia Mountain: 3.6 mi
- McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas: 0.1 mi
- Prude Ranch: 6.1 mi
- Wolf Den Tank: 7.0 mi
- Grierson-Sproul House: 9.0 mi
- Trueheart House: 9.1 mi
- Pine Peak Spring: 5.3 mi
- Limpia Spring: 7.4 mi
- Bridge Spring: 8.8 mi
- Peewee Spring: 9.1 mi
- Tobe Spring: 9.5 mi
- Neill Museum: 6.8 mi
- Overland Trail Museum: 6.8 mi
- Rattlers & Reptiles: 9.5 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 24.7 mi
- Madera Canyon Roadside Park: 5.5 mi
- Point of Rocks roadside park: 9.8 mi
- McDonald Observatory: 0.6 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Mount Locke. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Peak | WSW 254° | 2,537 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Livermore | WSW 255° | 2,492 m | 9.3 mi |
| Brooks Mountain | WSW 257° | 2,365 m | 11.3 mi |
| Paradise Mountain | SW 234° | 2,354 m | 8.7 mi |
| Pine Peak | WSW 258° | 2,341 m | 5.5 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | W 274° | 2,333 m | 12.2 mi |
| Richman Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,315 m | 8.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 35° | 2,296 m | 4.3 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 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:22 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 17:23 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356739302
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