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John Nance Garner Home

John Nance Garner Home from directly overhead

John Nance Garner Home is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Bald Mountain stands 574 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Judge John Nance Garner, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

The story

building in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas

Dates from 1920.

Wikidata Q6250142, matched on coordinates and name (8 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1965
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.21272, -99.79227

Overlooks nearby

110 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 45
  • Rocky Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Inge Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Big Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Sevenmile Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Black Mountain: 8.0 mi
Parks: 7
  • Esperanza Park: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • DeLeon Park: 0.7 mi
  • El Jardin de los Heroes: 0.8 mi
  • Uvalde Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Museums: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Walnut Springs: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 30°574 m24.1 mi
Double KnobsNNW 330°572 m21.0 mi
Sycamore MountainNNW 333°562 m19.9 mi
Devils Backbone MountainN 5°549 m22.0 mi
Davenport HillN 0°535 m17.4 mi
Coffin MountainNNE 16°514 m24.5 mi
Double MountainNW 307°505 m25.0 mi
Fence MountainNW 311°504 m21.0 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6285103328

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