Ghost town · Texas
Monterey
Monterey is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Moss Hill stands 122 m to the south, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Boynton, a ghost town 2.1 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates31.23019, -94.39548
- 3.6 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
79 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 28
- Cassells-Boykin Park: 3.0 mi
- Jackson Hill Park: 4.9 mi
- Etoile Park: 10.9 mi
- Huntington City Park: 11.0 mi
- Centennial Park: 11.3 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Policemen Last Roll Call: 11.2 mi
- Norwood Community: 16.3 mi
- Macune Cemetery: 18.7 mi
- Edward Oswald LeGrand: 18.7 mi
- Camp Chireno, World War II P.O.W. Camp: 18.7 mi
Peaks: 14
- Moss Hill: 3.7 mi
- Rocky Hill: 5.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.8 mi
- Bill Hill: 11.1 mi
- Wolf Hill: 11.6 mi
Museums: 5
- Huntington Heritage Museum: 11.2 mi
- Texas Forestry Museum: 20.0 mi
- Naranjo Museum of Natural History: 20.6 mi
- Museum of East Texas: 21.0 mi
- The History Center: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Big Bluff: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 1
- Angelina College Roadrunner: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monterey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Hill | S 188° | 122 m | 3.7 mi |
| Cyclone Hill | SE 139° | 120 m | 13.0 mi |
| Rocky Hill | SW 227° | 111 m | 5.3 mi |
| Wolf Hill | SW 223° | 111 m | 11.6 mi |
| Bill Hill | WSW 241° | 101 m | 11.1 mi |
| Blackland Hill | SSW 194° | 93 m | 18.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ENE 58° | 83 m | 16.4 mi |
| Big Hill | SW 214° | 79 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 19:50 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:44 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:43 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAM Rayburn DAM, 21 mi away.
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