Ghost town · Texas
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. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Texas, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates31.32352, -94.59548
- 1.3 mi off the Texas Forest Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- 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
Parks: 36
- 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
Peaks: 12
- Bill Hill: 12.0 mi
- Rocky Hill: 12.8 mi
- Rocky Hill: 12.9 mi
- Bald Hill: 13.3 mi
- The Island: 14.3 mi
Museums: 8
- 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
Cliffs: 3
- Yellow Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Hog Head Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Big Bluff: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
- Pineywoods Native Plant Center: 21.3 mi
Artworks: 1
- 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 |
| Moss Hill | SE 132° | 122 m | 15.2 mi |
| Rocky Hill | SE 142° | 111 m | 12.8 mi |
| Wolf Hill | SSE 165° | 111 m | 15.3 mi |
| Rocky Hill | SE 142° | 108 m | 12.9 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 |
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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