Ghost town · Texas
Pandora
Pandora is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Rocky Point stands 237 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Nixon, a historic site 4.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 18 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
unincorporated community in Wilson County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates29.25030, -97.83780
- 17.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Nixon: 4.6 mi
- First Baptist Church of Nixon: 4.7 mi
- Site of Old Town of Union Valley: 4.8 mi
- Albuquerque: 4.8 mi
- Rancho: 5.5 mi
Parks: 35
- City of Nixon Central Park: 4.8 mi
- Rancho Historic Park: 5.5 mi
- Stockdale City Park: 7.3 mi
- Bryce Field: 7.9 mi
- Smiley School Park: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 12
- Bald Mound: 12.2 mi
- Rocky Mound: 13.1 mi
- Van Cleave Mound: 13.8 mi
- Kings Hill: 14.6 mi
- Capote Hills: 16.4 mi
Museums: 9
- Sutherland Springs Historical Museum: 13.4 mi
- Saint Joseph School Museum: 19.2 mi
- Wilson County Jailhouse Museum: 20.9 mi
- Pape Pecan House / Nutcracker Museum: 21.3 mi
- Yorktown Historical Museum: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 8
- Albuquerque: 6.8 mi
- Grass Pond Colony: 17.6 mi
- Concrete: 18.1 mi
- Doseido Colony: 20.2 mi
- Monthalia: 20.5 mi
Springs: 2
- Suphur Spring: 13.3 mi
- Denning Spring: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Jackson Nature Park: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Red Bluff: 19.0 mi
Artworks: 1
- Martin Luther Statue: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pandora. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Point | W 277° | 237 m | 23.3 mi |
| Kings Hill | NNW 337° | 228 m | 14.6 mi |
| Capote Knob | N 9° | 209 m | 17.1 mi |
| Capote Hills | N 10° | 181 m | 16.4 mi |
| Marcelinas Hills | WSW 252° | 171 m | 17.5 mi |
| Van Cleave Mound | ESE 108° | 143 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bald Mound | ESE 115° | 142 m | 12.2 mi |
| Rocky Mound | ESE 108° | 132 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:33 | 20:00 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 17:03 | 17:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 70 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nixon, 5 mi away.
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