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Sweetwater Cemetery

Sweetwater Cemetery from directly overhead

Sweetwater Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 683 m. Bench Mountain stands 794 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Booker T. Washington Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

The story

cemetery in Nolan County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q117446595, matched on coordinates and name (19 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1986
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.45695, -100.42224

79 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 14
  • Booker T. Washington Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jones Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fraley Park: 0.9 mi
  • Rolling Plains Girls Softball Park: 2.0 mi
  • Newman Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Cottonwood Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Ninemile Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 7.9 mi
  • Round Mountain: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 3
  • Pioneer Museum: 1.6 mi
  • National Wasp WWII Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Area Historical Museum: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bench MountainSW 218°794 m13.7 mi
Wildcat MountainSSE 150°775 m7.9 mi
Bald MountainESE 120°757 m22.9 mi
Lone Wolf MountainW 273°752 m19.0 mi
Cottonwood MountainSE 131°740 m7.2 mi
Ninemile HillSSE 150°730 m7.6 mi
Black PointESE 114°725 m16.0 mi
Beacon HillE 91°710 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2119:54
June solstice06:3620:1720:53
September equinox07:3119:0719:40
December solstice07:4017:0417:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434755647280838275655345
Precip in1.01.01.41.52.83.11.82.22.12.21.11.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roscoe, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453452141

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