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Davis House

Davis House from directly overhead

Davis House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 660 m. Bench Mountain stands 794 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is I.M. (Mose) and Margaret Newman House, a historic site 0.2 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

The story

residence at 513 Pine Street Sweetwater, Texas

Wikidata Q107321018, matched on coordinates and name (19 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1992
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.47574, -100.40635

79 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 15
  • Beacon Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Ninemile Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 8.7 mi
  • Round Mountain: 10.2 mi
Parks: 14
  • Rolling Plains Girls Softball Park: 0.5 mi
  • Newman Park: 0.7 mi
  • Fraley Park: 1.2 mi
  • Booker T. Washington Park: 1.2 mi
  • Jones Park: 1.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 3
  • Pioneer Museum: 0.2 mi
  • National Wasp WWII Museum: 3.6 mi
  • Area Historical Museum: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Davis House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bench MountainSW 217°794 m15.3 mi
Wildcat MountainSSE 159°775 m8.7 mi
Bald MountainESE 124°757 m22.8 mi
Lone Wolf MountainW 269°752 m19.9 mi
Cottonwood MountainSE 143°740 m7.5 mi
Ninemile HillSSE 160°730 m8.4 mi
Black PointESE 120°725 m15.7 mi
Beacon HillESE 101°710 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2119:54
June solstice06:3620:1720:53
September equinox07:3119:0719:40
December solstice07:4017:0317:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434755647280838275655345
Precip in1.01.01.41.52.83.11.82.22.12.21.11.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roscoe, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453452155

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