Ghost town · Texas
Honey Creek
Honey Creek is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 424 m. Meta Mountain stands 583 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Honey Creek State Natural Area, a park 2.8 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 15 miles off.
ghost town in Comal County, Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates29.80522, -98.50113
- 15.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
- 22.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Honey Creek State Natural Area: 2.8 mi
- Guadalupe River State Park: 4.4 mi
- Bulverde Community Park: 5.3 mi
- Cordillera Pond Park: 5.7 mi
- Jefe Park: 5.8 mi
Peaks
- Devils Hill: 3.2 mi
- Lewis Hill: 5.9 mi
- Harrison Hill: 6.3 mi
- Pike Hill: 6.8 mi
- Palmtree Hill: 7.0 mi
Historic sites
- The Engel Store: 4.7 mi
- Adam Becker Homestead: 5.9 mi
- Specht's Crossing: 6.1 mi
- Spring Branch Post Office: 7.3 mi
- Herman and Ada Knibbe Home: 7.4 mi
Museums: 25
- Agricultural Heritage Museum: 15.1 mi
- Wallaceville: 18.1 mi
- Western Town: 18.1 mi
- Texas Transportation Museum: 18.2 mi
- Garden Railroad: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 21
- Bear Cave: 11.0 mi
- Cub Cave: 11.1 mi
- Cascade Caverns: 11.2 mi
- Bracken Cave: 12.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 12.3 mi
Springs: 17
- Beek Spring: 3.8 mi
- Panther Springs: 8.9 mi
- Indian Springs: 9.9 mi
- Cherry Spring: 10.4 mi
- Walnut Spring: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 14
- Batmobile: 15.8 mi
- Sushi Cat: 18.7 mi
- Taking Flight Bronze Sculpture: 19.5 mi
- World's Largest Cowboy Boots: 19.7 mi
- Rose of Lima: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 11
- Kinder Ranch Elementary Garden: 6.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 16.9 mi
- Native Plant Wildscape Demonstration Garden: 17.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 17.5 mi
- El Dorado Community Garden: 18.3 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Cave Without a Name: 9.0 mi
- Bracken Cave Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Cedar Creek: 16.2 mi
- Medallion Park: 16.4 mi
- Scenic Canyon: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Ammans Crossing: 11.9 mi
- Currey's Creek: 12.5 mi
- Coker: 17.1 mi
- Welfare: 18.9 mi
- Fratt: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Medicine Wall: 14.3 mi
- Canyon Lake Spillway Gorge: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- The Picnic Place: 19.6 mi
- Alumni Pavillion: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Honey Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Mountain | NNW 330° | 583 m | 17.1 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | NNW 327° | 571 m | 17.6 mi |
| Sabinas Mountain | WNW 284° | 567 m | 15.1 mi |
| Hill in Kendall County | N 356° | 563 m | 14.7 mi |
| Cannon Hill | W 279° | 560 m | 17.5 mi |
| Malikoff Hill | W 277° | 537 m | 12.5 mi |
| Twin Sisters | NNE 15° | 537 m | 12.5 mi |
| Smith Hill | WNW 285° | 494 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:14 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 20:03 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 17:04 | 17:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boerne, 14 mi away.
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