Ghost town · Texas
Silver
Silver is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 641 m. Goat Mountain stands 796 m to the southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 17 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
ghost town in Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates32.07083, -100.68250
- 16.8 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
88 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 46
- First Producing Oil Well in Coke County: 1.1 mi
- Cedar Hill: 5.3 mi
- Sanco: 10.2 mi
- Edith: 12.3 mi
- First Methodist Church of Robert Lee: 16.7 mi
Peaks: 26
- Silver Peak: 0.3 mi
- Stepp Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Jackson Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Wilson Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Dead Indian Mountain: 5.0 mi
Parks: 8
- Paint Creek Park: 13.0 mi
- Lake View Park: 14.1 mi
- Coke County Park: 16.8 mi
- Fern Havins Park: 16.9 mi
- Loraine City Park: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Crawford Slide: 11.2 mi
- Eagle Point: 12.7 mi
- Shelving Rock Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Wiley Bluff: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Sanco: 10.2 mi
- Edith: 12.3 mi
- Bitter Creek: 23.4 mi
Museums: 1
- Heart of West Texas Museum: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Mountain | SW 223° | 796 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bench Mountain | NNE 23° | 794 m | 17.2 mi |
| Jackson Mountain | NNE 29° | 788 m | 3.1 mi |
| Stepp Mountain | NNE 33° | 786 m | 1.6 mi |
| Meadow Mountain | SE 132° | 778 m | 5.9 mi |
| Green Mountain | S 176° | 778 m | 12.4 mi |
| McWhorter Mountain | WSW 258° | 766 m | 12.8 mi |
| Horse Mountain | ESE 103° | 765 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:22 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:38 | 20:17 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:32 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 17:06 | 17:43 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Robert LEE 4wsw, 16 mi away.
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