Ghost town · Texas

Simmons

Simmons from directly overhead

Simmons is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Devils Center Table stands 166 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Choke Canyon State Park - South Shore Unit, a park 4.8 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

ghost town in Live Oak County, Texas, United States

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Coordinates28.40611, -98.28056

Around it

79 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites52

First Producing Gas Well in McMullen County and First Gas Pipeline to San Antonio: 6.6 mi
Calliham: 6.6 mi
Site of Three Rivers Glass Factory: 6.9 mi
Rialto Theater: 7.0 mi
First State Bank Building: 7.0 mi

Parks11

Choke Canyon State Park - South Shore Unit: 4.8 mi
Choke Canyon State Park - Calliham Unit: 6.3 mi
Tips Park: 6.7 mi
Aristeo Ponce Park: 7.1 mi
Kopplin Park: 7.4 mi

Peaks9

Comanche Hills: 10.5 mi
San Caja Hill: 11.5 mi
Opossum Hill: 13.0 mi
Register Hill: 17.5 mi
Odom Hill: 18.0 mi

Museums2

Grace Armantrout Museum: 11.8 mi
McMullen County Historical Museum: 16.8 mi

Rest areas2

Live Oak County Northbound Rest Area: 14.2 mi
Live Oak County Southbound Rest Area: 17.0 mi

Gardens1

Memorial Rose Garden: 7.0 mi

Nature reserves1

James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi

Attractions1

Geronimo: 11.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Devils Center Table	SSW 214°	166 m	22.8 mi
LaChusa Hill	SSW 213°	160 m	22.3 mi
San Caja Hill	SSW 211°	146 m	11.5 mi
Opossum Hill	NNW 328°	114 m	13.0 mi
Odom Hill	ENE 62°	110 m	18.0 mi
Lipan Hills	N 1°	101 m	20.2 mi
Register Hill	W 278°	87 m	17.5 mi
Comanche Hills	NNE 18°	74 m	10.5 mi

Conditions

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Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:38	19:14	19:45
June solstice	06:37	20:00	20:34
September equinox	07:22	19:00	19:31
December solstice	07:22	17:07	17:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	53	58	64	70	78	83	85	85	80	73	63	55
Precip in	1.5	1.4	2.4	2.0	3.0	2.7	2.8	1.7	3.6	2.3	1.5	1.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Choke Canyon DAM, 5 mi away.

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