Ghost town · Texas
Pendell
Pendell is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Cutoff Mountain stands 391 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gary Cemetery, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 3.9 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates31.71361, -97.54139
- 3.9 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 5.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Gary Cemetery: 1.0 mi
- Election Oak: 1.0 mi
- Lanes Chapel and Cemetery: 4.4 mi
- Texas State Historical Marker: 5.0 mi
- Clifton Lutheran College: 5.0 mi
Parks: 48
- Cockrell-Thiele Park: 4.9 mi
- Heritage Plaza: 5.2 mi
- Dahl Park: 5.3 mi
- Boy Scout Park: 5.5 mi
- Robert Wilson Baseball Park: 5.5 mi
Peaks: 29
- Norway Hill: 6.7 mi
- Norman Hill: 6.8 mi
- Norse Hill: 8.2 mi
- Little Bee Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Big Bee Mountain: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Sosebees Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Bee Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 17.7 mi
- High Point: 18.9 mi
- White Bluff: 22.5 mi
Museums: 7
- Bosque Museum: 5.1 mi
- Clifton Classic Chassis Auto Museum & Golden Age Gallery of Art: 5.1 mi
- Edwin Olsen Railroad Museum: 5.3 mi
- Valley Mills Santa Fe Railway Depot: 5.7 mi
- Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast: 20.5 mi
Artworks: 1
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 1
- Serenity Point: 20.4 mi
Gardens: 1
- (27) Herb Garden: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 1
- Mcc beach: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pendell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutoff Mountain | W 274° | 391 m | 23.9 mi |
| Stroud Mountain | W 280° | 373 m | 20.6 mi |
| Paul Mountain | WNW 284° | 373 m | 20.8 mi |
| Jackson Hill | WNW 296° | 372 m | 20.9 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WNW 301° | 366 m | 20.2 mi |
| Jenson Mountain | WNW 284° | 355 m | 15.5 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | WNW 294° | 354 m | 17.6 mi |
| Number Six Mountain | NW 306° | 348 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:04 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:54 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitney DAM, 14 mi away.
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