Ghost town · Texas
Alco
Alco is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Moss Hill stands 123 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Springs, a ghost town 2.5 miles away. Texas Forest Trail runs past it. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates31.35213, -94.57048
- On the Texas Forest Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Policemen Last Roll Call: 4.8 mi
- Southland Paper Mills, Inc.: 6.3 mi
- Stranger's Rest Cemetery: 7.8 mi
- City of Lufkin: 9.4 mi
- Collins-Shotwell House: 9.8 mi
Parks: 36
- Marion Ferry Park: 4.2 mi
- Centennial Park: 4.8 mi
- Huntington City Park: 4.8 mi
- Etoile Park: 6.5 mi
- Kit McConnico Park: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 15
- Rocky Springs: 2.5 mi
- Dunagan: 2.7 mi
- Platt: 4.9 mi
- Ewing: 4.9 mi
- Ora: 9.9 mi
Peaks: 13
- Rocky Hill: 13.7 mi
- Rocky Hill: 13.8 mi
- Bill Hill: 13.8 mi
- The Island: 14.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 14.2 mi
Museums: 8
- Huntington Heritage Museum: 4.8 mi
- Texas Forestry Museum: 7.9 mi
- Museum of East Texas: 9.2 mi
- Naranjo Museum of Natural History: 11.7 mi
- The History Center: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area: 13.4 mi
- Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Yellow Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Hog Head Bluff: 20.6 mi
Artworks: 1
- Angelina College Roadrunner: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alco. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Hill | SE 141° | 123 m | 15.6 mi |
| Moss Hill | SE 141° | 122 m | 15.6 mi |
| Rocky Hill | SSE 152° | 111 m | 13.7 mi |
| Wolf Hill | S 172° | 111 m | 17.0 mi |
| Rocky Hill | SSE 152° | 108 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bill Hill | S 178° | 101 m | 13.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | E 89° | 83 m | 24.2 mi |
| Big Hill | S 181° | 79 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 19:51 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:44 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:43 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lufkin Angelina CO AP, 14 mi away.
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