Alabama
Alabama is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Hayden Mountain stands 123 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Wiggins Bluff, a cliff 2.7 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 14 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
ghost town in Houston County, Texas, United States
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
- 26.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
71 named places within 25 miles
- Site of Old Block House: 6.1 mi
- Homesite of Samuel Cartmill Hiroms: 6.1 mi
- Porter Springs Community and Cemetery: 6.7 mi
- Collin Aldrich: 9.0 mi
- Bynum Cemetery: 9.6 mi
- Wiggins Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Brookfield Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Cincinnati Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Wyser Bluff: 25.0 mi
- Dutch Hill: 10.4 mi
- Kent Hill: 13.2 mi
- Gary Hill: 14.7 mi
- Hayden Mountain: 16.6 mi
- Fort Boggy State Park: 15.5 mi
- Davy Crockett Memorial Park: 17.0 mi
- Lake Madison Park: 21.4 mi
- Antioch: 15.7 mi
- Prairie Point: 17.5 mi
- Houston County Museum and Visitors Center: 16.5 mi
- Bray's Motor Museum & Playground: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alabama. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Mountain | WSW 259° | 123 m | 16.6 mi |
| Gary Hill | NE 54° | 77 m | 14.7 mi |
| Dutch Hill | NNE 31° | 74 m | 10.4 mi |
| Kent Hill | NNE 19° | 67 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:03 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 19:55 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:49 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:48 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerville, 15 mi away.
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