Ghost town · Texas

Ort

Ort from directly overhead

Ort is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,256 m. Round Mountain stands 1,783 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Hill, a peak 3.5 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 16 miles off. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

ghost town in Culberson County, Texas, United States

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Coordinates31.29680, -104.35631

15.7 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail

Around it

25 named places within 25 miles

Peaks18

Spring Hill: 3.5 mi
Loneman Mountain: 6.9 mi
Dome Hill: 8.4 mi
Old Baldy: 12.1 mi
Iron Mountain: 16.0 mi

Rest areas3

Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
Culberson County Safety Rest Area Eastbound: 24.6 mi

Cliffs1

Red Point: 12.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Kent: 17.7 mi

Historic sites1

Feely Cemetery: 19.1 mi

Springs1

Bone Spring: 22.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Round Mountain	SSE 161°	1,783 m	24.4 mi
Horse Camp Peak	S 174°	1,771 m	21.4 mi
Encantada Peak	SSE 161°	1,757 m	24.7 mi
Boracho Peak	S 185°	1,718 m	24.6 mi
Old Baldy	WSW 257°	1,522 m	12.1 mi
Music Mountain	S 176°	1,522 m	21.8 mi
Square Mesa	WNW 288°	1,509 m	17.0 mi
Spring Hill	NNW 332°	1,503 m	3.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	08:02	19:37	20:09
June solstice	06:54	20:30	21:06
September equinox	07:46	19:24	19:56
December solstice	07:53	17:23	18:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	46	50	56	64	72	79	79	78	72	64	54	47
Precip in	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.7	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.6	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent 8SE, 24 mi away.

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