Ghost town · Texas
Ora
Ora is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Moss Hill stands 123 m to the south-southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Boynton, a ghost town 2.9 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 6.0 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates31.27741, -94.42770
- 6.0 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
81 named places within 25 miles
Parks: 25
- Jackson Hill Park: 6.2 mi
- Cassells-Boykin Park: 6.4 mi
- Etoile Park: 7.1 mi
- Huntington City Park: 8.5 mi
- Centennial Park: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 17
- Policemen Last Roll Call: 8.7 mi
- Southland Paper Mills, Inc.: 15.7 mi
- Norwood Community: 15.9 mi
- Camp Chireno, World War II P.O.W. Camp: 15.9 mi
- Halfway Inn (Flournoy - Granberry House): 16.5 mi
Peaks: 15
- Moss Hill: 7.0 mi
- Moss Hill: 7.0 mi
- Rocky Hill: 7.2 mi
- Rocky Hill: 7.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 7.8 mi
Museums: 5
- Huntington Heritage Museum: 8.7 mi
- Texas Forestry Museum: 17.1 mi
- Museum of East Texas: 18.2 mi
- Naranjo Museum of Natural History: 18.6 mi
- The History Center: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Big Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 24.4 mi
Artworks: 1
- Angelina College Roadrunner: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ora. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Hill | SSE 169° | 123 m | 7.0 mi |
| Moss Hill | SSE 168° | 122 m | 7.0 mi |
| Cyclone Hill | SE 142° | 120 m | 16.7 mi |
| Rocky Hill | SSW 196° | 111 m | 7.2 mi |
| Wolf Hill | SSW 207° | 111 m | 13.1 mi |
| Rocky Hill | SSW 196° | 108 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bill Hill | SW 222° | 101 m | 11.7 mi |
| Blackland Hill | S 187° | 93 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 19:50 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:44 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:43 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lufkin Angelina CO AP, 20 mi away.
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