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Bushdale

Bushdale from directly overhead

Bushdale is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Taylor Mountain stands 196 m to the east, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bushdale Community, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 22 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates30.68300, -97.04210

128 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
  • Veterans Park: 2.5 mi
  • Fair Park & Rodeo Arena: 3.2 mi
  • Hale Park: 3.2 mi
  • Bridge Park: 3.3 mi
  • Thorndale City Park: 10.5 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Taylor Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Hart Mountain: 9.2 mi
  • Wilson Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Eland Rough: 16.5 mi
  • Clay Hill: 19.2 mi
Museums: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Taylor Liberty Garden: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Taylor MountainE196 m8.9 mi
Hart MountainE194 m9.2 mi
Wilson HillENE164 m15.1 mi
Eland RoughENE150 m16.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE150 m20.2 mi
Long MountainENE140 m20.7 mi
Clay HillSSW138 m19.2 mi
Buzzard KnobsSSE121 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0819:40
June solstice06:2719:5920:35
September equinox07:1718:5419:26
December solstice07:2216:5517:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505561687581838479696052
Precip in2.62.32.92.35.33.62.62.53.94.33.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cameron, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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