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Grapetown

Grapetown from directly overhead

Grapetown is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 547 m. Cherry Mountain stands 660 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Jakob (Jacob) Brodbeck, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 5.1 miles off.

ghost town in Gillespie County, Texas

How to reach it

Coordinates30.14750, -98.76830

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Big Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Dunners Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Bust Buttes: 7.1 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Cave Hill: 8.7 mi
Parks: 49
Museums: 14
  • Texas Rangers Heritage Center: 8.3 mi
  • Admiral Nimitz Museum: 10.4 mi
  • National Museum of the Pacific War: 10.5 mi
  • Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm: 10.6 mi
  • LBJ Museum: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Springs: 8
  • Wenzel Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Dripping Vat Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Marschall Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Trough Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Rock Pasture Spring: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 4
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Roos Falls: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Gardens: 1
  • The Gardens at the Ridge: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Grapetown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cherry MountainNNW660 m19.1 mi
Big HillSW612 m3.7 mi
Schlaudt HillsNW597 m12.7 mi
Broad MountainSW596 m12.6 mi
CedarheadNNW595 m12.0 mi
Bell MountainN594 m20.9 mi
Hotopp HillsNW593 m11.9 mi
WolkenburgSW589 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1519:47
June solstice06:3520:0520:40
September equinox07:2419:0219:33
December solstice07:2817:0417:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158667379828276675649
Precip in1.61.82.52.64.33.01.92.43.33.12.22.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fredericksburg, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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