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Nile

Nile from directly overhead

Nile is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of the Mission San Ildefonso, a historic site 3.9 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 19 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates30.63390, -97.08990

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
  • Veterans Park: 4.1 mi
  • Fair Park & Rodeo Arena: 5.0 mi
  • Bridge Park: 5.9 mi
  • Hale Park: 5.9 mi
  • Thorndale City Park: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Taylor Mountain: 11.9 mi
  • Hart Mountain: 12.7 mi
  • Clay Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Wilson Hill: 19.3 mi
  • Eland Rough: 20.5 mi
Museums: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Taylor Liberty Garden: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nile. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yegua BenchmarkSSW 197°232 m21.0 mi
Yegua KnobbsSSW 196°225 m21.6 mi
Taylor MountainENE 78°196 m11.9 mi
Hart MountainENE 72°194 m12.7 mi
Wilson HillENE 58°164 m19.3 mi
Eland RoughENE 63°150 m20.5 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 58°150 m24.4 mi
Long MountainENE 59°140 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0819:40
June solstice06:2719:5920:35
September equinox07:1718:5519:26
December solstice07:2216:5617:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360677481848579695951
Precip in2.62.22.92.75.03.52.02.43.33.42.42.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Granger DAM, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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