City Building
City Building is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,362 m. Twin Mountains stands 2,098 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is First Baptist Church of Alpine, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail runs past it.
The story
historic place in Alpine, Brewster County, Texas
Dates from 1898.
Wikidata Q110022704, matched on coordinates and name (6 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1965
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- On the Texas Mountain Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Keesey Canyon Overlook · 23 mi
- Limpia Creek Vista · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alpine Hill: 0.8 mi
- Hancock Hill: 1.3 mi
- Lizard Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Twin Sisters: 4.4 mi
- Big Hill: 5.4 mi
- First Baptist Church of Alpine: 0.1 mi
- J. C. Bird: 0.1 mi
- Nolte-Rooney House: 0.1 mi
- Gage-Van Sickle House: 0.1 mi
- J.C. Carr-Bob Slight House: 0.1 mi
- Old Town Square Park: 0.1 mi
- Railroad Park: 0.2 mi
- Baines Park: 0.4 mi
- Medina Park: 0.5 mi
- Kokernot Municipal Park: 0.8 mi
- Museum of the Big Bend: 0.6 mi
- Marfa Holocaust & Model Ship Museum: 21.2 mi
- Overland Trail Museum: 21.3 mi
- Rattlers & Reptiles: 21.4 mi
- Marfa Museum: 21.8 mi
- Target Marathon: 12.5 mi
- Sleeping Figure: 20.5 mi
- The Block: 22.0 mi
- Presence of Emptiness: 22.2 mi
- untitled (dawn to dusk): 22.4 mi
- Ranger Spring: 4.7 mi
- Modesta Springs: 16.0 mi
- Winter Garden: 22.0 mi
- Chinati Foundation: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of City Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Mountains | WNW 292° | 2,098 m | 10.7 mi |
| Haleys Peak | S 181° | 2,068 m | 12.8 mi |
| Old Blue Mountain | E 80° | 1,886 m | 21.7 mi |
| Ranger Peak | SW 215° | 1,877 m | 6.0 mi |
| Puertacitas Mountains | WNW 290° | 1,870 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Ord | SE 132° | 1,852 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mitre Peak | NW 314° | 1,851 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bird Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,849 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:59 | 19:35 | 20:07 |
| June solstice | 06:54 | 20:25 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:44 | 19:21 | 19:53 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 17:23 | 17:59 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alpine, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12395279205
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