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
- Built
- 1975
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12453507608
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