Ghost town · Texas
Dunstan
Dunstan is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Phelan, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 5.3 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates30.18306, -97.31654
- 5.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 7.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 29.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lake Bastrop North Shore Park: 2.3 mi
- Lake Bastrop Lands: 2.4 mi
- Lake Bastrop South Shore Park: 3.6 mi
- Jewell Hodges Park: 4.0 mi
- Minerva Delgado Park: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 55
- Rural Farms and Communities Before Camp Swift: 3.8 mi
- Mina Ward School: 4.3 mi
- H. N. (Man) Bell: 4.6 mi
- Crocheron-McDowall House: 4.6 mi
- Jesse Halderman: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 13
- Lotman Hill: 4.3 mi
- Caldwell Knob: 9.4 mi
- Yegua Knobbs: 12.8 mi
- Yegua Benchmark: 13.3 mi
- Royston Hill: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 13
- Bastrop Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Memorial Grove: 9.6 mi
- E.R. Fincher III Garden: 23.5 mi
- Windsor Park Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- Monoculture: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 13
- Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel Statue: 11.7 mi
- Fork in the Road: 18.3 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 21.8 mi
- Reach for Your Dreams: 23.3 mi
- Arachnophilia: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 11
- Phelan: 1.8 mi
- Yewpon: 6.6 mi
- McDuff: 9.2 mi
- Upton: 12.3 mi
- Grassyville: 14.5 mi
Museums: 10
- Museum of the Bastrop County Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Elgin Depot Museum: 11.8 mi
- Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum: 14.5 mi
- Rockne Museum: 14.5 mi
- Coupland Depot Museum: 19.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 17.9 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 18.9 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 20.1 mi
- Big Walnut Creek Nature Preserve: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Red Bluffs: 7.9 mi
- Bird Bluff: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Lower McKinney Falls: 24.2 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 1
- CCC Water Fountain: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Stone picnic table: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dunstan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yegua Benchmark | NE 34° | 232 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bastrop County High Point | SSW 197° | 226 m | 21.7 mi |
| Yegua Knobbs | NE 35° | 225 m | 12.8 mi |
| Flag Hill | SSW 198° | 221 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 266° | 217 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | WNW 303° | 205 m | 19.5 mi |
| Lotman Hill | SE 125° | 201 m | 4.3 mi |
| Caldwell Knob | WSW 257° | 177 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:59 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:56 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
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 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elgin 1 N, 13 mi away.
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