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 1.5 miles off. 137 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 17.2 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
137 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Oak Hill: 2.5 mi
- Stella: 5.2 mi
- Upton: 8.6 mi
- Pin Oak: 8.6 mi
- Grassyville: 12.3 mi
- Red Bluffs: 11.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Bastrop Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Memorial Grove: 18.5 mi
- 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.
Where this comes from
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