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Pila Blanca

Pila Blanca from directly overhead

Pila Blanca is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. San Cajo stands 216 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Felipe Valerio Store and Garage, a historic site 3.1 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 24 miles off. 31 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

human settlement in Texas, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates27.80640, -98.47280

31 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 8
  • Piedritos Hill: 6.8 mi
  • San Cajo: 11.4 mi
  • Sarnosa Hill: 11.8 mi
  • Cedro Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Loma Pinta: 18.4 mi
Parks: 4
  • Padre Pedro Plaza: 14.7 mi
  • Plaza del Fuente: 24.2 mi
  • Lake Findley Park: 24.8 mi
  • Veterans Plaza Park: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Museums: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pila Blanca. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San CajoN 355°216 m11.4 mi
Sarnosa HillW 259°211 m11.8 mi
Piedritos HillNW 310°207 m6.8 mi
Cedro HillWSW 256°199 m14.2 mi
Loma PintaN 352°192 m18.4 mi
Loma AltaNNW 346°185 m19.8 mi
Devils Center TableN 358°166 m22.5 mi
LaChusa HillN 359°160 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1519:46
June solstice06:3919:5920:34
September equinox07:2319:0119:32
December solstice07:2117:0917:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F556066727984868681746457
Precip in1.21.31.92.12.83.12.42.53.41.81.41.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freer, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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