Ghost town · Texas
La Casa
La Casa is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 443 m. Gunsight Mountain stands 503 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Steal Easy Mountain, a peak 4.8 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 8.9 miles off.
human settlement in Texas, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates32.60080, -98.68940
- 8.9 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bone Bend · 23 mi
- Golden-cheeked Warbler · 23 mi
- Longhorn Lookout · 23 mi
- Parker Lookout · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Steal Easy Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Maxwell Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Yates Hill: 8.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Beaver Mountain: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 57
- Bullock Cemetery: 6.0 mi
- Roaring Ranger: 9.1 mi
- First Oil Well Drilled in Eastland County: 9.1 mi
- Ranger Municipal Airport: 10.0 mi
- Site of J.H. McCleskey No. 1, Discovery Well of the Ranger Oil Boom: 10.4 mi
Parks: 9
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
- Miller Park: 16.0 mi
- Six Flags Park: 16.2 mi
- Eastland City Park: 16.3 mi
- New York Hill Park: 17.3 mi
Museums: 8
- Museum of Aircraft Perservation: 14.6 mi
- Old Eastland County Jail & Museum: 15.6 mi
- Eastland County Museum: 15.7 mi
- Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum: 15.7 mi
- Swenson Memorial Museum: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area: 10.3 mi
- Eastland County Westbound Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- I-20 Westbound Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- I-20 Eastbound Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Thurber: 17.1 mi
- Alameda, Texas: 18.6 mi
- Mangum: 21.8 mi
- Desdemona: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 2
- Ol' Rip: 15.7 mi
- Thurber Smokestack: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 1
- Campbell's Tomato Soup: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 1
- Grimes Memorial Garden: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 1
- Sandy Beach: 22.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Possum Kingdom Fish Hatchery: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of La Casa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunsight Mountain | WSW 239° | 503 m | 12.0 mi |
| Twin Mountain | SE 134° | 499 m | 22.1 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | WSW 245° | 494 m | 18.9 mi |
| Steal Easy Mountain | WNW 289° | 482 m | 4.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SSE 148° | 482 m | 19.4 mi |
| Double mountain | W 265° | 476 m | 13.6 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SW 235° | 475 m | 14.9 mi |
| Brown Pen Mountain | W 265° | 465 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:10 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:56 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastland, 16 mi away.
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