Lobo
Lobo is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,231 m. Eagle Peak stands 2,274 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is South Lobo Campground, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail runs past it. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
ghost town in Culberson County, Texas, United States
How to reach it
- On the Texas Mountain Trail
55 named places within 25 miles
- Chispa Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Heliograph Hill: 5.8 mi
- High Lonesome Peak: 7.3 mi
- Needle Peak: 7.8 mi
- Little Flattop: 12.4 mi
- Van Horn Wells: 5.5 mi
- Clark Hotel: 16.3 mi
- Texas Civil War Indian Trouble: 16.4 mi
- Colonel David B. Culberson,: 16.4 mi
- Original Culberson County Jail: 16.4 mi
- Culberson County Eastbound Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Culberson County Westbound Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Culberson County Safety Rest Area Westbound: 17.1 mi
- Culberson County Safety Rest Area Eastbound: 17.2 mi
- Scenic Overlook & Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- South Lobo Campground: 0.6 mi
- Rivas Park: 15.9 mi
- Van Horn City Park: 16.4 mi
- Echo Spring: 15.4 mi
- Van Horn V: 18.1 mi
- Culberson County Historic Museum: 19.0 mi
- Prada Marfa: 20.2 mi
- Rough Trap: 20.4 mi
- Allamoore: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lobo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | WNW 291° | 2,274 m | 21.1 mi |
| Panther Peak | WNW 297° | 1,929 m | 23.5 mi |
| Tumbledown Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,780 m | 23.9 mi |
| Star Mesa | S 170° | 1,761 m | 16.4 mi |
| Beach Mountains | NNW 344° | 1,761 m | 23.1 mi |
| Boracho Peak | ENE 68° | 1,718 m | 23.2 mi |
| High Lonesome Peak | WNW 284° | 1,715 m | 7.3 mi |
| Newton Mesa | S 170° | 1,698 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:04 | 19:39 | 20:11 |
| June solstice | 06:57 | 20:31 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:48 | 19:25 | 19:57 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 17:26 | 18:02 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — VAN Horn, 17 mi away.
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