Ghost town · Texas
Mormon Mill
Mormon Mill is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Howell Mountain stands 504 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Crownover Chapel, a historic site 3.0 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 3.6 miles off.
ghost town in Burnet County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates30.63690, -98.23390
- 3.6 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- 1000ft overlook of Inks Lake · 10 mi
- Sunset Deck · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 60
- Crownover Chapel: 3.0 mi
- St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church: 4.6 mi
- Marble Falls Depot: 4.8 mi
- Hoag-Faubion-Fuchs House: 4.8 mi
- Marble Falls School Building: 4.9 mi
Parks
- Rotary Park Ball Fields: 3.9 mi
- VFW Park Baseball Field: 4.6 mi
- The Greens Soccer Complex: 5.0 mi
- Hidden Falls Adventure Park: 5.1 mi
- Westside Park: 5.5 mi
Peaks
- Slaughter Mountain: 4.1 mi
- North Peak: 4.7 mi
- WildCat Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Granite Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Kennison Rock: 7.1 mi
Springs: 9
- Flatrock Spring: 9.1 mi
- Fourmile Spring: 9.1 mi
- Williams Spring: 9.3 mi
- Trough Spring: 15.4 mi
- Boiling Springs: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Eagle Bluffs: 9.6 mi
- Devils Waterhole: 10.8 mi
- Rocky Point: 14.7 mi
- Black Rock: 15.9 mi
- White Bluff: 16.8 mi
Museums: 6
- The Falls Museum: 4.9 mi
- Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 7.1 mi
- CCC Museum: 7.7 mi
- Burnet County Historical Jail: 8.4 mi
- Fort Croghan Museum: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Pogue Springs Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Hogge Parkland Preserve: 20.7 mi
- Reimers Natural Parkland Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - Austin Simon: 23.5 mi
- Balcones Canyonlands Preserve - Lime Creek: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 5
- Dead Man's Hole: 7.7 mi
- Hamilton Pool: 21.3 mi
- Texas paintball: 21.3 mi
- Hill Country Overlook: 22.0 mi
- River Overlook: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 3
- First United Methodist Church Prayer Garden: 9.0 mi
- Lakeway City Park Butterfly Garden: 23.9 mi
- Rancho Sienna Community Garden: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Click: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Mormon Mill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howell Mountain | SW 224° | 504 m | 19.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SW 217° | 491 m | 16.1 mi |
| Buffalo Peak | SSW 210° | 491 m | 21.3 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNW 348° | 484 m | 12.1 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNW 341° | 484 m | 21.9 mi |
| Riley Mountains | W 266° | 484 m | 22.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSW 212° | 480 m | 15.0 mi |
| Packsaddle Mountain | W 266° | 478 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:13 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:04 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 17:00 | 17:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnet Muni AP, 7 mi away.
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