Ghost town · Texas
Oak Hill
Oak Hill is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is West End Park, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates29.98472, -97.16556
- 1.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 15.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
138 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 55
- West End Park: 1.1 mi
- Leshikar House: 1.6 mi
- Chancellor House: 1.6 mi
- Smithville: 1.7 mi
- First Methodist Church of Smithville: 1.7 mi
Parks: 40
- Railroad Park: 1.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Keilburg Park: 1.8 mi
- Independence Park: 1.8 mi
- Vernon Richards Riverbend Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks: 14
- Royston Hill: 3.7 mi
- High Point: 10.0 mi
- Lotman Hill: 12.6 mi
- Indian Hill: 15.4 mi
- Flag Hill: 15.9 mi
Museums: 12
- Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum: 4.2 mi
- Museum of the Bastrop County Historical Society: 12.6 mi
- Texas Wendish Heritage Museum: 14.0 mi
- Rockne Museum: 15.9 mi
- N W Faison Home and Museum: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 11
- Flower Hill: 2.5 mi
- Upton: 6.2 mi
- Stella: 6.7 mi
- Pin Oak: 8.2 mi
- Grassyville: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Red Bluffs: 9.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 2
- Bastrop Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Memorial Grove: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 1
- CCC Water Fountain: 10.7 mi
Artworks: 1
- Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel Statue: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oak Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yegua Benchmark | N 356° | 232 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bastrop County High Point | WSW 246° | 226 m | 17.0 mi |
| Yegua Knobbs | N 356° | 225 m | 24.2 mi |
| Crouch Benchmark | WSW 238° | 224 m | 20.2 mi |
| Flag Hill | WSW 251° | 221 m | 15.9 mi |
| Lotman Hill | NNW 334° | 201 m | 12.6 mi |
| Obar Hill | S 173° | 181 m | 22.0 mi |
| Caldwell Knob | WNW 303° | 177 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:58 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
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 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithville, 2 mi away.
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