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Boynton

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Boynton is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Moss Hill stands 123 m to the south-southeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Monterey, a ghost town 2.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 3.5 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

ghost town in Texas, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates31.23574, -94.42965

82 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Cassells-Boykin Park: 5.1 mi
  • Jackson Hill Park: 6.6 mi
  • Huntington City Park: 9.0 mi
  • Centennial Park: 9.2 mi
  • Etoile Park: 9.9 mi
Ghost towns: 16
Peaks: 16
  • Moss Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Moss Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Bald Hill: 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 5
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Angelina College Roadrunner: 18.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boynton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moss HillSSE 159°123 m4.3 mi
Moss HillSSE 159°122 m4.3 mi
Cyclone HillSE 134°120 m14.7 mi
Rocky HillSSW 205°111 m4.5 mi
Wolf HillSW 214°111 m10.6 mi
Rocky HillSSW 205°108 m4.6 mi
Bill HillSW 233°101 m9.7 mi
Blackland HillS 187°93 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5819:30
June solstice06:1519:5020:26
September equinox07:0718:4419:16
December solstice07:1316:4317:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495359667480838277675750
Precip in4.73.94.23.74.64.23.33.73.94.74.54.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lufkin Angelina CO AP, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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