Morrill
Morrill is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Button Mountain stands 221 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is In the Present County of Cherokee, a historic site 3.0 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 10 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
ghost town in Texas
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
118 named places within 25 miles
- In the Present County of Cherokee: 3.0 mi
- Site of Lacy's Fort: 3.3 mi
- Site of the Delaware Indian Village: 3.4 mi
- A. Frank Smith United Methodist Church: 3.9 mi
- Terrell Lodge No. 83: 4.0 mi
- Henry White Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Sunshine Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Fowler Hill: 8.7 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 8.7 mi
- Collins Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Mission Tejas State Park: 10.7 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Payne Home: 13.1 mi
- Lake Nacogdoches West Park: 13.3 mi
- Lake Nacogdoches East Side Park: 14.3 mi
- Rusk Baseball Complex: 14.8 mi
- Chronister: 5.1 mi
- Weeping Mary: 5.6 mi
- Wildhurst: 5.6 mi
- New Birmingham: 12.8 mi
- Durant: 18.3 mi
- Norman Memorial Museum: 14.7 mi
- Nacogdoches Railroad Depot: 23.9 mi
- Old University Building: 24.3 mi
- The Stone Fort Museum: 24.5 mi
- Texas State Railroad - Rusk Depot: 16.1 mi
- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari: 22.3 mi
- Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area: 20.3 mi
- Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morrill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Mountain | NE 36° | 221 m | 20.8 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | N 354° | 214 m | 11.0 mi |
| Flower Mountain | NE 52° | 211 m | 19.0 mi |
| Pryor Mountain | NW 320° | 210 m | 11.4 mi |
| Ghent Mountain | NW 320° | 207 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Hope | NW 317° | 206 m | 17.7 mi |
| Casey Mountain | NW 326° | 200 m | 24.4 mi |
| Gibson Mountain | NW 323° | 199 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 19:53 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lufkin 11 NW, 15 mi away.
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