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Centreville

Centreville from directly overhead

Centreville is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Sand Hill stands 207 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Gun Barrel City Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates32.33076, -96.09385

106 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 59
Parks: 31
  • Gun Barrel City Park: 1.4 mi
  • George Watts Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Mabank Veterans Memorial and Pavilion Park: 2.9 mi
  • Tom Finley Park: 4.5 mi
  • Cedar Creek Wildlife Management Area - Telfair Island Unit: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Melton Rock: 9.5 mi
  • Big Rock Top: 9.7 mi
  • Sand Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Red Hill: 21.0 mi
  • Pine Grove Hill: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center: 20.8 mi
  • Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillENE207 m10.0 mi
Melton RockE196 m9.5 mi
Big Rock TopENE187 m9.7 mi
Red HillNE171 m21.0 mi
Pine Grove HillSE151 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0419:36
June solstice06:1919:5920:35
September equinox07:1318:5019:23
December solstice07:2216:4717:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956637280838477665547

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kaufman 3 SE, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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