Historic site · Texas

First Baptist Church of Snyder

First Baptist Church of Snyder from directly overhead

First Baptist Church of Snyder is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 706 m. McKenzie Mountains stands 864 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is First Methodist Church, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

church building at 1701 27th Street Snyder, Texas

Wikidata Q107320928, matched on coordinates and name (45 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built: 1969
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.71518, -100.91611

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

First Methodist Church: 0.1 mi
First Presbyterian Church: 0.1 mi
Site of Sanitarium of Alonzo Orrin Scarborough (1860-1952) Pioneer Doctor: 0.1 mi
Site of Store of William Henry (Pete) Snyder: 0.1 mi
Site of The MacKenzie Trail: 0.1 mi

Peaks13

Lloyd Mountain: 9.4 mi
Overlook Hill: 14.8 mi
Hathaway Hill: 14.8 mi
Green Mountain: 14.9 mi
Church Peak: 16.7 mi

Parks11

Pocket Park: 0.2 mi
Winston Park: 0.9 mi
North East Park: 1.1 mi
Towle Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
East Park: 1.5 mi

Museums1

Heart of West Texas Museum: 22.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
McKenzie Mountains	N 350°	864 m	18.5 mi
Flat Top Mountain	NNW 334°	850 m	19.4 mi
Cooper Mountain	NNE 12°	822 m	20.9 mi
Hathaway Hill	WNW 292°	793 m	14.8 mi
Lone Wolf Mountain	SSE 150°	752 m	19.5 mi
Lloyd Mountain	NE 45°	732 m	9.4 mi
Church Peak	NNE 32°	714 m	16.7 mi
Overlook Hill	NE 40°	703 m	14.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:48	19:23	19:56
June solstice	06:37	20:19	20:55
September equinox	07:33	19:09	19:42
December solstice	07:43	17:05	17:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	43	47	55	63	72	80	83	82	75	64	52	44
Precip in	0.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	2.7	3.1	1.9	2.1	2.8	2.2	1.2	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snyder, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12453536638

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