Sweet Home School
Sweet Home School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 537 m. Kiser Mountain stands 713 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is First National Bank, a historic site 4.2 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 20 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Inscription
- The need for education in this rural area was met in 1902, when a two-room school was started on Emil Helm’s farm (1.5 mi. NW). The name “Sweet Home” was chosen by Henry Kriegel, one of the first trustees. In 1922 the school was moved to a better-equipped
How to reach it
- 19.8 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
106 named places within 25 miles
- First National Bank: 4.2 mi
- Rowena: 4.2 mi
- Oldest Rock Building in City: 4.3 mi
- SPJST Lodge No. 49: 4.4 mi
- Sons of Hermann Lodge No. 216: 4.5 mi
- City Park: 13.4 mi
- Producer's Park: 20.3 mi
- Bell Park: 20.6 mi
- Texas Bank Sports Complex: 21.1 mi
- Bradford Park: 21.2 mi
- Deadman Hill: 13.1 mi
- Buttermilk Hill: 14.8 mi
- Gobbler Hill: 15.0 mi
- Rattle Snake Hill: 15.3 mi
- Mount Margaret: 15.7 mi
- Memory Lane Antique Car Museum: 12.8 mi
- The Earnest and Dorothy Barrow Foundation Museum: 15.0 mi
- E H Danner Museum of Telephony: 22.3 mi
- San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts: 22.3 mi
- Miss Hattie's Bordello Museum: 22.3 mi
- Buffalo Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Wilson Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Herrings Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Deadmans Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Brushy Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Bronte: 23.1 mi
- Welcome to Bronte: 23.1 mi
- International Water Lily Garden: 23.2 mi
- Ben Ficklin: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sweet Home School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiser Mountain | WNW 297° | 713 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sand Hill | WNW 297° | 690 m | 23.1 mi |
| Devils Courthouse Peak | W 269° | 683 m | 17.1 mi |
| Nipple Peak | WNW 303° | 673 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Margaret | NW 310° | 660 m | 15.7 mi |
| Juniper Peak | NW 307° | 655 m | 18.0 mi |
| Rattle Snake Hill | W 274° | 623 m | 15.3 mi |
| Gobbler Hill | NW 305° | 616 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:20 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:37 | 20:13 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 17:05 | 17:42 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paint Rock, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11663108643
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