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. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates31.35213, -94.57048
- On the Texas Forest Trail
132 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 58
- 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: 35
- 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: 11
- Rocky Hill: 13.7 mi
- Bill Hill: 13.8 mi
- The Island: 14.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 14.2 mi
- Moss Hill: 15.6 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 |
| Rocky Hill | SSE 152° | 111 m | 13.7 mi |
| Wolf Hill | S 172° | 111 m | 17.0 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 |
| The Island | NW 308° | 67 m | 14.0 mi |
| Miles Hill | SSE 165° | 62 m | 24.3 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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