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Grand Opera House

Grand Opera House from directly overhead

Grand Opera House is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Bald Mountain stands 574 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kincaid Hotel, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail runs past it. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

The story

Historic place in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas.

Dates from 1891.

Wikidata Q5594853, matched on coordinates and name (8 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1967
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates29.21040, -99.78664

Overlooks nearby

104 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 44
  • Inge Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Big Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Sevenmile Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Black Mountain: 7.9 mi
Parks: 7
  • Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Uvalde Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Esperanza Park: 0.6 mi
  • DeLeon Park: 0.7 mi
  • El Jardin de los Heroes: 0.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Walnut Springs: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE574 m24.1 mi
Double KnobsNNW572 m21.3 mi
Sycamore MountainNNW562 m20.2 mi
Devils Backbone MountainN549 m22.1 mi
Davenport HillN535 m17.5 mi
Coffin MountainNNE514 m24.6 mi
Fence MountainNW504 m21.4 mi
Sinks HillNNE465 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:2019:51
June solstice06:4120:0720:42
September equinox07:2819:0619:37
December solstice07:3017:1017:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6285103325

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