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Nolan County Eastbound Rest Area

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Nolan County Eastbound Rest Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 610 m. Bench Mountain stands 794 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Nolan County Westbound Rest Area, a rest area 0.1 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 26 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates32.48668, -100.20940

96 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 19
  • Beacon Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Chalk Peak: 7.7 mi
  • Black Point: 8.9 mi
  • Blowout Mountain: 9.1 mi
  • Ringtop: 9.6 mi
Parks: 18
  • Lake Sweetwater Municipal Park: 7.1 mi
  • Santa Fe Park: 10.6 mi
  • South Park: 11.3 mi
  • Mellinger Park: 11.6 mi
  • Rolling Plains Girls Softball Park: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 4
  • Area Historical Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Pioneer Museum: 11.3 mi
  • National Wasp WWII Museum: 15.0 mi
  • Dyess Memorial Center: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nolan County Eastbound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bench MountainWSW 238°794 m24.5 mi
Wildcat MountainSW 224°775 m12.2 mi
Bald MountainSSE 151°757 m15.4 mi
Cottonwood MountainSW 226°740 m9.7 mi
Ninemile HillSW 225°730 m12.2 mi
Black PointSSE 166°725 m8.9 mi
Buzzard MountainESE 121°721 m17.0 mi
Round Top MountainSE 125°715 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:2019:53
June solstice06:3520:1620:52
September equinox07:3019:0719:39
December solstice07:3917:0317:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444755637279828174655345
Precip in1.11.51.81.93.43.22.02.93.22.61.51.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merkel 12 SW, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/965792207

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