Ghost town · Texas
Chronister
Chronister is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildhurst, a ghost town 0.7 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 11 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
ghost town in East Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates31.53220, -95.01680
- 11.4 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
128 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 57
- Homer-Alto Road: 2.9 mi
- Mt. Hope Cemetery: 2.9 mi
- Falvey Memorial United Methodist Church: 5.7 mi
- In the Present County of Cherokee: 7.3 mi
- Mount Sterling: 8.2 mi
Parks: 29
- Thomas Jefferson Payne Home: 9.4 mi
- Lake Nacogdoches West Park: 11.3 mi
- SH 7 Angelina River Public Access (TXDOT): 11.8 mi
- Lake Nacogdoches East Side Park: 12.1 mi
- Mission Tejas State Park: 13.0 mi
Peaks: 24
- Sunshine Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Henry White Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Fowler Hill: 13.0 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 13.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 7
- Wildhurst: 0.7 mi
- Morrill: 5.1 mi
- Weeping Mary: 9.5 mi
- Durant: 13.4 mi
- New Birmingham: 17.8 mi
Museums: 7
- Norman Memorial Museum: 19.7 mi
- Museum of East Texas: 21.6 mi
- Nacogdoches Railroad Depot: 21.6 mi
- Old University Building: 22.1 mi
- Texas Forestry Museum: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area: 16.2 mi
- Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 1
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 21.2 mi
Artworks: 1
- Angelina College Roadrunner: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chronister. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | NNE 24° | 221 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | NNW 346° | 214 m | 15.7 mi |
| Flower Mountain | NE 38° | 211 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | NW 322° | 210 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Hope | NW 319° | 206 m | 22.8 mi |
| Gibson Mountain | NW 324° | 199 m | 14.3 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NW 319° | 199 m | 15.1 mi |
| Reagan Mountain | NW 324° | 199 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:53 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lufkin 11 NW, 10 mi away.
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