Ghost town · Texas
Monthalia
Monthalia is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Kings Hill stands 228 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Watson Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
ghost town in Gonzales County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates29.46890, -97.60860
- On the Texas Independence Trail
121 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 55
- King Cemetery: 2.6 mi
- Site of Cost School: 5.6 mi
- Dikes Family Cemetery: 5.6 mi
- The First Shot Monument: 5.6 mi
- Site of the First Shot of the Texas Revolution: 5.6 mi
Parks: 32
- Palmetto State Park: 8.3 mi
- East Avenue Lions Park: 10.4 mi
- Smiley School Park: 13.6 mi
- Southside Park: 13.6 mi
- Zedler Mill Park South: 13.8 mi
Peaks: 17
- Watson Hill: 0.6 mi
- Stevens Hill: 3.6 mi
- Santa Anna Mound: 9.5 mi
- Red Hill: 10.5 mi
- Capote Hills: 11.0 mi
Museums: 10
- Old Jail Museum: 9.7 mi
- Gonzales Memorial Museum: 10.2 mi
- Central Texas Oil Patch Museum: 14.9 mi
- Luling Oil Museum: 14.9 mi
- Pioneer Flight Museum: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 3
- Antique Road Grader: 23.5 mi
- Martin Luther Statue: 23.5 mi
- World's Largest Pecan: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Guadalupe County Eastbound Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Guadalupe County Westbound Rest Area: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Albuquerque: 16.4 mi
- Pandora: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monthalia. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Hill | W 265° | 228 m | 19.5 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 18° | 214 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mill Creek Hills | NW 314° | 214 m | 21.3 mi |
| Capote Knob | W 279° | 209 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NW 318° | 185 m | 22.7 mi |
| Capote Hills | W 276° | 181 m | 11.0 mi |
| Iron Mountains | NNE 18° | 171 m | 18.3 mi |
| Iron Peak | NNE 15° | 164 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 19:59 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 17:01 | 17:37 |
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 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 71 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gonzales 2S, 10 mi away.
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