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. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- 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
- John Nance Garner: 17.4 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
Nature reserves: 2
- Cooks Slough Nature Park: 18.6 mi
- Cooks Slough Nature Park: 18.7 mi
Museums: 2
- Briscoe-Garner Museum: 18.8 mi
- Fort Clark Guardhouse: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Picnic Area: 19.3 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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