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 2.3 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Bastrop County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates29.98472, -97.16556
- 2.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 15.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- 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: 41
- 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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