Ghost town · Texas
Sivells Bend
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. 173 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
ghost town in Cooke County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates33.84972, -97.22389
- 15.3 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
173 named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 56
- Oklahoma: 9.0 mi
- Site of Camp Howze: 12.2 mi
- Saint Peter's Catholic Church: 14.8 mi
- Illinois Bend School: 15.2 mi
- Butterfield Overland Stage Line: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 43
- 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
- Butterfield Stagecoach statue: 16.2 mi
- Armed Forces memorial: 16.2 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 16.2 mi
- Myra Baptist Church Bell: 16.4 mi
- Anti-Aircraft Gun: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
- White Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Rock Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Tyler Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Graveyard Bluff: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Marysville: 8.4 mi
- Illinois Bend: 15.3 mi
- Spanish Fort: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 3
- Marina Beach: 16.2 mi
- Sunset Beach Day Use Area: 19.4 mi
- Sunset Beach: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Oklahoma Welcome Center: 7.5 mi
- Texas Travel Information Center at Gainesville: 11.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount View | WSW 250° | 393 m | 18.9 mi |
| Gordon Mountain | WSW 247° | 393 m | 19.0 mi |
| Snake Hill | WSW 256° | 299 m | 23.9 mi |
| Peak Hill | ENE 57° | 294 m | 9.2 mi |
| Three Mounds | SW 220° | 290 m | 2.7 mi |
| Flattop Peak | ENE 65° | 286 m | 8.6 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NW 304° | 286 m | 19.1 mi |
| Brushy Mound | E 80° | 264 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:07 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 82 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marietta 5SW, 4 mi away.
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