Ghost town · Texas
Fairy
Fairy is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 370 m. Chaney Point stands 461 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin's Gap, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 19 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
ghost town in Hamilton County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates31.84610, -97.98250
- 19.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
- 20.8 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
132 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 55
- Martin's Gap: 0.2 mi
- United Methodist Church of Fairy: 0.2 mi
- Fairy Cemetery: 0.4 mi
- Old Hico: 7.3 mi
- Olin Baptist Church: 7.6 mi
Peaks: 43
- Long Point: 0.8 mi
- Twin Mountains: 2.9 mi
- Lone Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Paul Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Jackson Hill: 7.1 mi
Parks: 16
- Hico City Park: 9.5 mi
- Cranfills Gap City Park: 10.6 mi
- Pecan Creek Park: 12.2 mi
- Hamilton City Park: 12.5 mi
- Shrunk Park: 12.5 mi
Museums: 5
- Hamilton County Historical Museum: 12.8 mi
- Walnut Springs City Museum: 20.0 mi
- Bosque Museum: 23.8 mi
- Edwin Olsen Railroad Museum: 24.2 mi
- Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum & Golden Age Gallery of Art: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 3
- Welcome to Walnut Springs: 20.0 mi
- The Giant U: 22.2 mi
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 24.3 mi
Attractions: 1
- Billy the Kid Statue: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
- High Point: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fairy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaney Point | SW 228° | 461 m | 23.8 mi |
| Hoover Knobs | WSW 245° | 457 m | 22.7 mi |
| West Point | SW 215° | 449 m | 23.1 mi |
| Little Round Mountain | SSW 210° | 444 m | 24.6 mi |
| Sand Mountain | WNW 287° | 441 m | 23.0 mi |
| Slick Hill | W 260° | 439 m | 22.9 mi |
| Long Point | W 263° | 415 m | 0.8 mi |
| Twin Mountains | SSW 194° | 411 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:12 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:06 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:56 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hico, 10 mi away.
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