2013 Map of Ghost Hill

About this map

Ghost Hill rises above a landscape defined by ranching and resource extraction in Medina County, southwest of San Antonio. The terrain is marked by the dendritic drainage patterns of San Miguel Cr and Chacon Cr, which feed into local water management features like Cox Reservoir. For those researching local lineages, the map identifies Moore Cem and Longview Cem, while the southern reaches of the quadrangle reveal the extent of the Bigfoot Oil Field. This survey documents a rural environment where modern transit like Interstate 35 runs parallel to the older route of Old Hwy 81. A dense network of farm-to-market roads and county lanes, such as FM-462 and FM-3176, provides access to the disparate homesteads and hollows like Moore Hollow that characterize this corner of the Texas brush country.