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Owensville

Owensville from directly overhead

Owensville is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 150 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin Ranch Community Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 3.7 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

ghost town in Robertson County, Texas

How to reach it

Coordinates31.07306, -96.51944

79 named places within 25 miles

Ghost towns: 8
Parks: 6
  • Franklin Ranch Community Park: 1.5 mi
  • Virginia Field Park: 10.8 mi
  • Ruben Gomez East Side Park: 13.6 mi
  • Bob Jones Park: 14.7 mi
  • Normangee City Park: 19.0 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Red Hill: 12.9 mi
  • Payne Hill: 17.4 mi
  • Long Mountain: 21.6 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 21.9 mi
  • Bald Hill: 22.4 mi
Museums: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • TXDAR Centennial Park - Old Nashville Site: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainSW150 m21.9 mi
Red HillSSE143 m12.9 mi
Long MountainSW140 m21.6 mi
Payne HillNE137 m17.4 mi
Bald HillNW122 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0619:38
June solstice06:2419:5820:34
September equinox07:1518:5219:24
December solstice07:2116:5217:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505461687582848579705951
Precip in3.52.83.72.74.73.71.63.03.04.73.33.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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