Ghost town · Texas
Morris Ranch
Morris Ranch is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 531 m. Hermans Point stands 684 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hill Crest Cemetery, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.8 miles off.
ghost town in Gillespie County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates30.21720, -99.01220
- 1.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Hill Crest Cemetery: 0.3 mi
- Baethge-Behrend Homestead: 5.9 mi
- Guenther's Live Oak Mill: 6.0 mi
- Philipp Hartmann Family Cemetery: 6.2 mi
- Wunderlich Houses: 8.2 mi
Peaks
- Schlaudt Hills: 7.8 mi
- Hotopp Hills: 7.9 mi
- Schneider Hill: 8.2 mi
- Roundhead: 9.3 mi
- Cross Mountain: 10.1 mi
Parks: 39
- Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park: 6.2 mi
- Oak Crest Park: 6.9 mi
- Old Fair Park: 9.0 mi
- Gillespie County Park: 9.1 mi
- Marktplatz von Fredericksburg: 9.3 mi
Springs: 11
- Trough Spring: 6.4 mi
- Dripping Vat Spring: 7.8 mi
- Cherry Spring: 15.5 mi
- Rock Pasture Spring: 16.0 mi
- Marschall Spring: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Pedernales: 4.1 mi
- Cain City: 12.0 mi
- Bankersmith: 13.0 mi
- Zodiac: 13.1 mi
- Grapetown: 15.3 mi
Museums: 10
- Pioneer Museum: 9.1 mi
- Admiral Nimitz Museum: 9.4 mi
- National Museum of the Pacific War: 9.5 mi
- Texas Rangers Heritage Center: 10.1 mi
- Kerr Arts & Cultural Center: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Ravenhead: 14.3 mi
- Indian Point: 16.2 mi
- Gaddis Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Welge Poing: 17.8 mi
- Brockmann Point: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 4
- Fort Martin Scott Historic Site: 10.2 mi
- The Cross at Kerrville: 11.6 mi
- Lukenbach General Store and Post Office: 15.5 mi
- Canyons Off Road Park: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Kerr County Westbound Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Kerr County Eastbound Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Gillespie County Ranch Road 1 Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Gillespie County US 290 Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 3
- Lupe: 14.3 mi
- Stonehenge II: 17.3 mi
- Gazebo for Albert Steves: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Schumacher Crossing Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- SR 173 Roadside Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Gardens: 1
- The Gardens at the Ridge: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Roos Falls: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Morris Ranch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermans Point | NW 316° | 684 m | 21.1 mi |
| Cherry Mountain | NNE 26° | 660 m | 13.4 mi |
| Roundhead | N 1° | 653 m | 9.3 mi |
| Lehmann Mountain | NNW 346° | 623 m | 17.0 mi |
| Big Hill | ESE 122° | 612 m | 14.6 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | NNE 18° | 608 m | 19.0 mi |
| Buckeye Point | N 353° | 601 m | 14.1 mi |
| County Line Hill | N 360° | 601 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:16 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 20:06 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 17:05 | 17:41 |
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 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fredericksburg, 6 mi away.
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