Durant
Durant is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Flower Mountain stands 211 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is SH 7 Angelina River Public Access (TXDOT), a park 4.8 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 8.4 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
123 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church: 6.5 mi
- Falvey Memorial United Methodist Church: 7.7 mi
- Collins-Shotwell House: 7.8 mi
- City of Lufkin: 9.0 mi
- Mt. Hope Cemetery: 9.1 mi
- SH 7 Angelina River Public Access (TXDOT): 4.8 mi
- Morris Frank Park: 6.5 mi
- Ellen Trout Memorial Park: 7.0 mi
- Brandon Park: 7.2 mi
- Jones Park: 7.6 mi
- Peavy: 8.5 mi
- Granville: 9.4 mi
- Wildhurst: 13.1 mi
- Platt: 13.3 mi
- Chronister: 13.4 mi
- The Island: 6.1 mi
- Sugar Mounds: 16.7 mi
- Duck Roost: 18.0 mi
- Hooper Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Flower Mountain: 23.8 mi
- Museum of East Texas: 8.2 mi
- Texas Forestry Museum: 8.9 mi
- Naranjo Museum of Natural History: 11.6 mi
- The History Center: 16.5 mi
- Nacogdoches Railroad Depot: 16.6 mi
- Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area: 6.2 mi
- Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 18.4 mi
- Hog Head Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Angelina College Roadrunner: 10.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Durant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Mountain | N 3° | 211 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bill Hill | SE 139° | 101 m | 24.4 mi |
| Sugar Mounds | WSW 250° | 73 m | 16.7 mi |
| The Island | NE 47° | 67 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hooper Bluff | S 184° | 52 m | 18.6 mi |
| Duck Roost | S 182° | 45 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 19:52 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:44 | 17:21 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
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