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. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
unincorporated community in Wilson County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates29.25030, -97.83780
- 17.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
126 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 59
- 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: 33
- 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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