Lightning Point

Lightning Point: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Lightning Point

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Lightning Point — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.47308, -101.13127. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lightning Point

• Optima Lake · lake · Texas · ~26 km · Must-see
• Guymon Foursquare Church (Lifeway Christian Center) · church · Texas · ~49 km · Must-see
• Beaver River Wildlife Management Area · park · Beaver · ~68 km · Must-see
• Wild Horse Lake · lake · Stevens · ~71 km · Must-see
• Texhoma · church · Texas · ~73 km · Must-see
• Old Hardesty 1886-1906 · fort · Texas · ~21 km
• Optima National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Texas · ~25 km
• Colonel William B. Ochiltree · fort · Ochiltree · ~38 km
• Brick Streets of Spearman · fort · Hansford · ~39 km
• Brandt Building · fort · Hansford · ~39 km
• Dodge City-Tascosa Trail · fort · Hansford · ~42 km
• Balko School (ruins) · fort · Beaver · ~44 km
• Church of God First · church · Texas · ~47 km
• Calvary Baptist Church · church · Texas · ~47 km
• Perryton Feeders Lake Number 1 Dam · lake · Ochiltree · ~49 km
• Church of Christ · church · Texas · ~49 km
• First Christian Church · church · Texas · ~49 km
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Texas · ~49 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Lightning Point

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Lightning Point

• Bean Pott Cliff · viewpoint · Lipscomb · ~75 km
• Indian Hill · viewpoint · Beaver · ~99 km
• Table Mesa · viewpoint · Meade · ~100 km
• Twin Hills · viewpoint · Meade · ~107 km
• Cimarron Grassland and Santa Fe Trail overlook · viewpoint · Morton · ~125 km
• Point of Rocks · viewpoint · Morton · ~126 km
• Antelope Peak · viewpoint · Carson · ~132 km
• Flat Top · viewpoint · Ellis · ~141 km
• Mount Helen · viewpoint · Clark · ~145 km
• Sand Draw · viewpoint · Texas · ~7 km

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