Stella
Stella is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 122 m. Bastrop County High Point stands 226 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Flower Hill, a ghost town 5.2 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 5.4 miles off. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
human settlement in Texas, United States of America
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 22.3 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
140 named places within 25 miles
- Pitman Cemetery: 5.4 mi
- Simon Peter Ford: 5.5 mi
- Site of Wood's Fort: 5.9 mi
- Woods Prairie Cemetery: 6.5 mi
- Muldoon Community: 6.6 mi
- Railroad Park: 8.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Independence Park: 8.4 mi
- Keilburg Park: 8.4 mi
- Vernon Richards Riverbend Park: 8.9 mi
- Royston Hill: 8.3 mi
- High Point: 12.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 14.8 mi
- Monument Hill: 15.3 mi
- Obar Hill: 15.4 mi
- Flower Hill: 5.2 mi
- Oak Hill: 6.7 mi
- Black Jack Springs: 10.7 mi
- Upton: 11.2 mi
- Pin Oak: 13.7 mi
- Smithville Railroad Historical Park and Museum: 10.4 mi
- E. A. Arnim Archives and Museum: 14.1 mi
- Flatonia Rail Museum: 14.2 mi
- N W Faison Home and Museum: 16.1 mi
- Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives: 16.1 mi
- Red Bluffs: 15.1 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Bastrop Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- Memorial Grove: 23.6 mi
- CCC Water Fountain: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stella. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bastrop County High Point | W 268° | 226 m | 17.0 mi |
| Crouch Benchmark | WSW 258° | 224 m | 19.1 mi |
| Flag Hill | W 275° | 221 m | 16.6 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 246° | 214 m | 23.9 mi |
| Lotman Hill | NNW 338° | 201 m | 19.1 mi |
| Obar Hill | S 175° | 181 m | 15.4 mi |
| Royston Hill | NW 322° | 174 m | 8.3 mi |
| High Point | WNW 294° | 174 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:58 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:58 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
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