Ghost town · Texas
Hackberry
Hackberry is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Obar Hill stands 181 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrews Chapel Cemetery, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 22 miles off. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
How to reach it
Coordinates29.57900, -96.87500
- 22.2 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
101 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 53
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery: 1.1 mi
- Oakland Normal School: 3.1 mi
- Oakland: 3.1 mi
- Navidad Baptist Cemetery: 4.4 mi
- Clear Creek Cemetery: 5.1 mi
Parks: 22
- Wolters Park: 7.0 mi
- Schulenburg Sports Complex: 7.4 mi
- Hallettsville City Park: 9.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Baseball Park: 10.5 mi
- Hill Memorial Park: 10.9 mi
Museums: 11
- Lavaca Historical Museum: 9.4 mi
- Schulenburg Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
- The Heritage Society Museum of Weimar: 10.5 mi
- Flatonia Rail Museum: 15.9 mi
- E. A. Arnim Archives and Museum: 15.9 mi
Peaks: 7
- Obar Hill: 15.9 mi
- Frederick Mound: 17.1 mi
- Russell Hill: 17.4 mi
- Monument Hill: 21.2 mi
- Live Oak Hill: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Oakland: 3.1 mi
- Praha: 13.1 mi
- Petersburg: 14.4 mi
- Osage: 14.8 mi
- Black Jack Springs: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Colorado County Eastbound Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Colorado County Westbound Rest Area: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Chalk Bluff: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hackberry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obar Hill | WNW 293° | 181 m | 15.9 mi |
| Frederick Mound | W 273° | 154 m | 17.1 mi |
| Russell Hill | WNW 283° | 154 m | 17.4 mi |
| Monument Hill | N 358° | 138 m | 21.2 mi |
| Rocky Hill | NE 36° | 137 m | 23.5 mi |
| Live Oak Hill | NNE 32° | 125 m | 22.0 mi |
| Pin Oak Mound | W 268° | 107 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:08 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:56 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 82 | 74 | 64 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hallettsville 2 N, 8 mi away.
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