Ghost town · Texas
Dabney
Dabney is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 326 m. Boiling Mountain stands 602 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Muela Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 15 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
ghost town in Uvalde County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates29.16250, -100.09900
- 15.1 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 21.7 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
114 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 57
- Cline Community: 5.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff Indian Massacre: 16.4 mi
- Camp Nueces, C.S.A.: 16.7 mi
- The Bosque-Larios Expedition: 16.7 mi
- M. J. "Jerry" Franklin: 17.5 mi
Peaks: 43
- Muela Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Big Hill: 2.1 mi
- Gold Hill: 2.2 mi
- Cline Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Asphalt Mountain: 4.9 mi
Parks: 6
- El Jardin de los Heroes: 18.3 mi
- Esperanza Park: 18.6 mi
- DeLeon Park: 18.6 mi
- Memorial Park: 19.5 mi
- Uvalde Memorial Park: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Barrilla Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Blacks Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Chimney Bluff: 22.5 mi
Museums: 2
- Briscoe-Garner Museum: 18.8 mi
- Fort Clark Guardhouse: 21.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Cooks Slough Nature Park: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memorial Park: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dabney. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boiling Mountain | N 358° | 602 m | 24.9 mi |
| Double Knobs | NNE 20° | 572 m | 23.0 mi |
| Sycamore Mountain | NNE 24° | 562 m | 23.3 mi |
| Salmon Peak | N 350° | 547 m | 22.2 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NNW 337° | 545 m | 15.8 mi |
| Loma la Cruz | NNW 347° | 532 m | 24.0 mi |
| Whitecotton Peaks | N 3° | 530 m | 21.8 mi |
| Las Moras Mountain | NW 308° | 511 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:21 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:43 | 20:09 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:12 | 17:48 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brackettville, 22 mi away.
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