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Sivells Bend

Sivells Bend from directly overhead

Sivells Bend is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Mount View stands 393 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is White Bluff, a cliff 2.0 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 15 miles off. 174 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

ghost town in Cooke County, Texas

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Coordinates33.84972, -97.22389
Around it

174 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 56
Attractions: 44
  • Reeves' Muntjac: 16.2 mi
  • Clouded Leopard: 16.2 mi
  • Geoffroy's Cat: 16.2 mi
  • Burmese Python: 16.2 mi
  • Military Macaw: 16.2 mi
Parks: 40
  • Shellenberger Park: 8.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 8.4 mi
  • J.M. Lindsay Park: 14.6 mi
  • Parkview Park: 14.6 mi
  • Hickory Creek Public Use Area: 15.5 mi
Peaks: 9
  • Three Mounds: 2.7 mi
  • Flattop Peak: 8.6 mi
  • Peak Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Brushy Mound: 16.3 mi
  • Mount View: 18.9 mi
Museums: 8
  • Love County Historical Society: 8.4 mi
  • Love County Military Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Lake Murray Nature Center: 15.8 mi
  • Sante Fe Depot Museum: 16.3 mi
  • Morton Museum of Cooke County: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 5
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Marina Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Sunset Beach Day Use Area: 19.4 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ViewWSW 250°393 m18.9 mi
Gordon MountainWSW 247°393 m19.0 mi
Snake HillWSW 256°299 m23.9 mi
Peak HillENE 57°294 m9.2 mi
Three MoundsSW 220°290 m2.7 mi
Flattop PeakENE 65°286 m8.6 mi
Brushy MountainNW 304°286 m19.1 mi
Brushy MoundE 80°264 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0819:41
June solstice06:1920:0720:44
September equinox07:1818:5419:27
December solstice07:3116:4617:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404553616978828274635143
Precip in2.02.23.43.85.64.22.82.73.84.12.62.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marietta 5SW, 4 mi away.

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