Ghost town · Texas
Flower Hill
Flower Hill is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Bastrop County High Point stands 226 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Hill, a ghost town 2.5 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates29.96500, -97.13139
- 1.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 17.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Leshikar House: 3.1 mi
- West End Park: 3.3 mi
- First Methodist Church of Smithville: 3.4 mi
- Chancellor House: 3.5 mi
- Smithville: 3.5 mi
Parks: 45
- Railroad Park: 3.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
- Independence Park: 3.7 mi
- Vernon Richards Riverbend Park: 3.8 mi
- Keilburg Park: 4.0 mi
Museums: 12
Peaks: 12
- Royston Hill: 5.9 mi
- High Point: 11.9 mi
- Indian Hill: 13.3 mi
- Lotman Hill: 14.7 mi
- Monument Hill: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Oak Hill: 2.5 mi
- Stella: 5.2 mi
- Upton: 8.6 mi
- Pin Oak: 8.6 mi
- Grassyville: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Red Bluffs: 11.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 2
- Bastrop Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Memorial Grove: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 1
- CCC Water Fountain: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bastrop County High Point | WSW 252° | 226 m | 18.4 mi |
| Crouch Benchmark | WSW 244° | 224 m | 21.3 mi |
| Flag Hill | WSW 258° | 221 m | 17.5 mi |
| Lotman Hill | NNW 329° | 201 m | 14.7 mi |
| Obar Hill | S 178° | 181 m | 20.5 mi |
| Caldwell Knob | WNW 303° | 177 m | 24.0 mi |
| Royston Hill | WNW 284° | 174 m | 5.9 mi |
| High Point | W 269° | 174 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:58 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 51 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithville, 4 mi away.
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