Record

About Hide Town

Mobeetie is a city in northwestern Wheeler County, Texas, United States, located on Sweetwater Creek and State Highway 152. Its population was 87 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, "Mobeetie, Texas", CC BY-SA 4.0.

This is a site record: what public sources say about Hide Town, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.

Map

Where Hide Town is

USGS topographic map around Hide Town — USGS topographic map, The National Map (public domain). The pin marks the coordinates in the record; old townsites are often a little off.

Historic maps

4 historic USGS maps cover Hide Town

Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.

1954 Amarillo sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
1958 Amarillo sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
1963 Mobeetie sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
1982 Pampa sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download

Directions

Getting there

Google Maps directions Apple Maps OpenStreetMap

Before you go

Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.

Nearby

Other sites near Hide Town

Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Texas index.

Roxana38.9 mi W · Carson

Sources

ghosttowns.com, "Hide Town": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
Wikipedia, "Mobeetie, Texas": coordinates and summary.
Wikidata Q978897.
USGS GNIS 1363014.
USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).