Rocky Springs
Rocky Springs is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Moss Hill stands 123 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunagan, a ghost town 2.0 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 1.3 miles off. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
133 named places within 25 miles
- Policemen Last Roll Call: 3.1 mi
- Southland Paper Mills, Inc.: 5.3 mi
- Stranger's Rest Cemetery: 6.4 mi
- City of Lufkin: 7.7 mi
- Collins-Shotwell House: 8.4 mi
- Centennial Park: 3.0 mi
- Huntington City Park: 3.2 mi
- Kit McConnico Park: 6.6 mi
- Marion Ferry Park: 6.7 mi
- Winston Park: 7.4 mi
- Bill Hill: 12.0 mi
- Rocky Hill: 12.8 mi
- Bald Hill: 13.3 mi
- The Island: 14.3 mi
- Moss Hill: 15.1 mi
- Huntington Heritage Museum: 3.0 mi
- Texas Forestry Museum: 6.7 mi
- Museum of East Texas: 7.8 mi
- Naranjo Museum of Natural History: 9.5 mi
- The History Center: 14.6 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Hog Head Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Big Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
- Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 21.3 mi
- Angelina College Roadrunner: 8.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rocky Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Hill | SE 132° | 123 m | 15.1 mi |
| Rocky Hill | SE 142° | 111 m | 12.8 mi |
| Wolf Hill | SSE 165° | 111 m | 15.3 mi |
| Bill Hill | S 170° | 101 m | 12.0 mi |
| Big Hill | S 178° | 79 m | 22.7 mi |
| The Island | NW 318° | 67 m | 14.3 mi |
| Miles Hill | SSE 160° | 62 m | 22.9 mi |
| Hooper Bluff | SW 232° | 52 m | 19.5 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 | 16:44 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lufkin Angelina CO AP, 11 mi away.
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