Ghost town · Texas
Phelan
Phelan is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. Yegua Benchmark stands 232 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunstan, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 3.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates30.15889, -97.32611
- 3.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 8.7 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 29.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lake Bastrop Lands: 2.0 mi
- Jewell Hodges Park: 2.4 mi
- Minerva Delgado Park: 2.5 mi
- Lake Bastrop North Shore Park: 2.7 mi
- Bob Bryant Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 53
- Mina Ward School: 2.6 mi
- Crocheron-McDowall House: 3.0 mi
- Mrs. R. T. P. Allen: 3.0 mi
- Allen-Fowler House: 3.0 mi
- H. P. Luckett House: 3.0 mi
Artworks: 15
- Ms. Pearl the Giant Squirrel Statue: 11.0 mi
- Fork in the Road: 18.0 mi
- The Giant Rooster: 21.7 mi
- Reach for Your Dreams: 23.1 mi
- Absolute Equality: Unity Tunnel: 24.0 mi
Peaks: 13
- Lotman Hill: 4.1 mi
- Caldwell Knob: 8.6 mi
- Royston Hill: 13.4 mi
- High Point: 13.5 mi
- Yegua Knobbs: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 11
- Dunstan: 1.8 mi
- Yewpon: 7.0 mi
- McDuff: 9.3 mi
- Upton: 10.8 mi
- Grassyville: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 11
- Bastrop Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Memorial Grove: 10.8 mi
- E.R. Fincher III Garden: 23.4 mi
- Windsor Park Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- Monoculture: 24.3 mi
Museums: 8
- Museum of the Bastrop County Historical Society: 3.4 mi
- Rockne Museum: 12.8 mi
- Elgin Depot Museum: 13.3 mi
- Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum: 13.9 mi
- Texas Wendish Heritage Museum: 20.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Onion Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 17.5 mi
- Decker Tallgrass Prairie Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary: 19.3 mi
- Hornsby Bend Ecological Research Area: 19.9 mi
- Red Bluff Nature Preserve: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Red Bluffs: 6.5 mi
- Bird Bluff: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Lower McKinney Falls: 23.7 mi
- Upper McKinney Falls: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 1
- CCC Water Fountain: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Stone picnic table: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Phelan. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yegua Benchmark | NNE 32° | 232 m | 15.1 mi |
| Bastrop County High Point | SSW 197° | 226 m | 19.9 mi |
| Yegua Knobbs | NNE 33° | 225 m | 14.5 mi |
| Crouch Benchmark | SSW 198° | 224 m | 23.9 mi |
| Flag Hill | SSW 197° | 221 m | 18.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 270° | 217 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 308° | 205 m | 20.0 mi |
| Lotman Hill | E 101° | 201 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:59 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:56 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 59 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Creek 5 S, 13 mi away.
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