Boonville
Boonville is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 89 m. Red Hill stands 143 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bravos Valley Museum of Natural History, a museum 0.4 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 2.2 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
first county seat of Brazos County, Texas
What the record says
- Founded
- 1841
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Town of Boonville: 0.4 mi
- Wesa Weddington: 0.4 mi
- Boonville Cemetery: 0.4 mi
- Allen Academy: 0.5 mi
- Site of Villa Maria Ursuline Academy: 1.7 mi
- Brazos County Park: 0.4 mi
- Austin's Colony Park: 0.9 mi
- Camelot Park: 1.3 mi
- Bob Cherry Park: 1.4 mi
- Tiffany Park: 1.6 mi
- Moore: 6.9 mi
- Reliance: 7.1 mi
- Wicker: 9.2 mi
- Cottonwood: 10.9 mi
- Enright: 11.5 mi
- Bravos Valley Museum of Natural History: 0.4 mi
- Children's Museum of Brazos Valley: 1.7 mi
- Brazos Valley African American Museum: 2.6 mi
- Children's Museum of Brazos Valley: 2.8 mi
- George Bush Presidential Library & Museum: 5.4 mi
- Art 979 Art Gallery: 3.0 mi
- Square One Art Gallery: 3.0 mi
- Rotating LEGO Death Star: 3.4 mi
- How to Build a Sphere Out of Cubes: 3.6 mi
- Our Lady of Victory: 3.6 mi
- Haswell Park Picnic #1: 2.0 mi
- Haswell Park Picnic #4: 2.0 mi
- Haswell Park Picnic #2: 2.1 mi
- Haswell Park Picnic #3: 2.1 mi
- 1st Methodist Park: 2.6 mi
- Texas A&M Horticulture Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Garden: 3.7 mi
- Leach Teaching Gardens: 4.7 mi
- Mount Aggie: 5.0 mi
- Red Hill: 17.4 mi
- TXDAR Centennial Park - Old Nashville Site: 22.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Earth Art: 2.9 mi
- Hidalgo Bluffs: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boonville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | NNW 331° | 143 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Aggie | SSW 197° | 96.3 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:05 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 19:56 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:52 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:52 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 71 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — College STN Easterwood FLD, 6 mi away.
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