Palm Valley
Palm Valley is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Travis Peak stands 382 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of Stony Point School, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 13 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Llano County, Texas
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 11.6 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Deck · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Site of Stony Point School: 0.4 mi
- Cabin from Gabriel Mills Area: 1.4 mi
- Confederate Chaplains Rev. Edward Hudson_Rev. John Hudson: 1.5 mi
- Major Robert McNutt: 1.7 mi
- Palm Valley Lutheran Church: 2.1 mi
- Old Settlers Park: 0.5 mi
- Siena South Park: 1.4 mi
- Forest Grove HOA Park: 1.6 mi
- Chandler Creek Park: 1.9 mi
- Siena North Park: 2.0 mi
- Rhinoceros statue: 1.7 mi
- Termite mound sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Termite mound sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Zebra statue: 1.7 mi
- Termite mound sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Unity Park Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Laura Kuykendall Garden: 6.8 mi
- Southwestern University Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Xeriscape Garden: 7.5 mi
- Native Texas Plants Garden: 7.8 mi
- Palm House Museum: 4.1 mi
- Bohls House: 7.0 mi
- The Williamson Museum: 7.3 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 11.6 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 12.0 mi
- Beck Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Georgetown Lake Recreational Area: 13.3 mi
- Waste Management Wildlife Park: 13.7 mi
- Westside Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Bull Creek Management Unit: 14.0 mi
- Rabbit Hill: 4.5 mi
- Rabbit Hill: 4.8 mi
- Jaecks Hill: 5.1 mi
- Martin Hill: 7.6 mi
- Queen Hill: 9.9 mi
- Inner Space Cavern: 6.0 mi
- Abandoned zoo cage: 10.4 mi
- Client Innovation Center: 11.2 mi
- Austin Table Tennis Association: 13.5 mi
- Texas paintball: 17.4 mi
- Shady Spring: 10.8 mi
- Queen's Bath: 14.6 mi
- Apple Spring: 17.4 mi
- Seiders Spring: 18.1 mi
- Deep Eddy Pool: 20.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 14.5 mi
- Link Falls: 14.8 mi
- Middle Bull Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
- Lower Bull Creek Falls: 15.7 mi
- Small Falls: 19.0 mi
- Fern Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Comanche Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Seismic Wall: 23.2 mi
- New Sweden: 11.3 mi
- McDuff: 24.0 mi
- Lake Creek Trailhead Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Palm Valley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Peak | W 269° | 382 m | 24.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 312° | 368 m | 22.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 277° | 366 m | 21.3 mi |
| Big Bear Hill | W 279° | 366 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 319° | 355 m | 23.8 mi |
| Barnett Knob | NW 316° | 351 m | 21.1 mi |
| Tucker Knob | NW 318° | 350 m | 20.1 mi |
| Polecat Knob | W 270° | 346 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 20:01 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Georgetown Lake, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Austin · 20 mi
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