Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 722 m in Texas. Brokeleg Mountain stands 715 m to the east-northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Bluff, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Texas Pecos Trail passes 2.7 miles off. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31565944, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 722 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
- 27.3 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
39 named places within 25 miles
- Site of Fort Terrett: 2.4 mi
- Roosevelt: 9.5 mi
- Fort McKavett - Fort Clark Military Road: 9.8 mi
- Coalson-Pullen Colony: 11.9 mi
- First Church in Community Copperas Methodist Church: 14.1 mi
- Fort Terrett Peak: 2.5 mi
- Brokeleg Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Cedar Knob: 7.4 mi
- Joes Point: 9.9 mi
- Allison Mountain: 16.4 mi
- Chimney Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Dummy Point: 1.2 mi
- Kingfisher Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Pecan Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Sanders Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Fort Terrett: 2.3 mi
- Roosevelt: 9.6 mi
- Owenville: 10.1 mi
- Telegraph: 21.4 mi
- Fort McKavett: 24.6 mi
- Rock Springs: 17.4 mi
- Fort McKavett State Historic Site: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brokeleg Mountain | ENE 65° | 715 m | 4.3 mi |
| Cedar Knob | ESE 102° | 701 m | 7.4 mi |
| Target Hill | NNE 17° | 690 m | 23.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | E 95° | 683 m | 17.3 mi |
| Allison Mountain | E 97° | 682 m | 16.4 mi |
| Fort Terrett Peak | SE 142° | 671 m | 2.5 mi |
| Joes Point | ESE 105° | 671 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:21 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:40 | 20:12 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 17:09 | 17:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Mckavett, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1370340 — Twin Buttes, Sutton County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356747750
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