Ghost town · Texas
Platt
Platt is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Moss Hill stands 123 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunagan, a ghost town 4.7 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates31.41491, -94.60826
- 4.8 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
128 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 58
- Southland Paper Mills, Inc.: 5.8 mi
- Stranger's Rest Cemetery: 7.5 mi
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church: 8.8 mi
- Collins-Shotwell House: 9.1 mi
- City of Lufkin: 9.3 mi
Parks: 35
- Marion Ferry Park: 5.2 mi
- Kit McConnico Park: 5.8 mi
- Ellen Trout Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Winston Park: 7.6 mi
- Jones Park: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Dunagan: 4.7 mi
- Alco: 4.9 mi
- Rocky Springs: 6.4 mi
- Ewing: 7.5 mi
- Durant: 13.3 mi
Museums: 8
- Texas Forestry Museum: 7.2 mi
- Museum of East Texas: 8.5 mi
- Huntington Heritage Museum: 9.3 mi
- Naranjo Museum of Natural History: 12.8 mi
- Nacogdoches Railroad Depot: 13.5 mi
Peaks: 8
- The Island: 9.8 mi
- Bill Hill: 18.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 18.6 mi
- Bald Hill: 19.1 mi
- Moss Hill: 20.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Yellow Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Hog Head Bluff: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 1
- Angelina College Roadrunner: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Platt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Hill | SE 144° | 123 m | 20.3 mi |
| Rocky Hill | SSE 152° | 111 m | 18.6 mi |
| Wolf Hill | SSE 168° | 111 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bill Hill | S 171° | 101 m | 18.4 mi |
| The Island | WNW 296° | 67 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hooper Bluff | SW 218° | 52 m | 23.5 mi |
| Duck Roost | SW 218° | 45 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 19:51 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:43 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nacogdoches, 14 mi away.
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