Ghost town · Texas
Orla
Orla is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 875 m. Castile Hill stands 1,174 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Bluff Dam, a historic site 2.7 miles away. 23 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
ghost town in Reeves County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates31.82500, -103.90889
23 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 9
- Red Bluff Dam: 2.7 mi
- Pope's Crossing: 9.6 mi
- Mentone Community Church: 19.8 mi
- Goodnight-Loving Trail: 19.9 mi
- Route of Old Butterfield Stagecoach Road: 19.9 mi
Peaks: 6
- Screw Bean Hills: 15.6 mi
- Tecolote Peak: 19.6 mi
- Owl Hills: 20.5 mi
- Castile Hill: 21.8 mi
- Red Hill: 22.8 mi
Springs: 5
- Salt Spring: 14.4 mi
- Horseshoe Springs: 16.2 mi
- Cottonwood Springs: 17.0 mi
- Owl Spring: 22.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
- East West Bluff: 8.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Porterville: 19.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Orla. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castile Hill | W 276° | 1,174 m | 21.8 mi |
| Screw Bean Hills | W 276° | 1,106 m | 15.6 mi |
| Owl Hills | WNW 298° | 1,082 m | 20.5 mi |
| Red Hill | NE 46° | 1,010 m | 22.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | S 177° | 992 m | 23.7 mi |
| Tecolote Peak | NW 311° | 979 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:35 | 20:08 |
| June solstice | 06:51 | 20:29 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:22 | 19:54 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 17:19 | 17:57 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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