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Sweetwater Municipal Auditorium

Sweetwater Municipal Auditorium from directly overhead

Sweetwater Municipal Auditorium is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 666 m. Bench Mountain stands 794 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ragland Building, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

The story

historic place in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas

Wikidata Q107321017, matched on coordinates and name (24 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1982
Material
aluminium

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates32.47270, -100.40860

78 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 14
  • Rolling Plains Girls Softball Park: 0.7 mi
  • Newman Park: 0.9 mi
  • Booker T. Washington Park: 1.0 mi
  • Jones Park: 1.0 mi
  • Fraley Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Beacon Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Cottonwood Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Ninemile Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 8.5 mi
  • Round Mountain: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 3
  • Pioneer Museum: 0.3 mi
  • National Wasp WWII Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Area Historical Museum: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bench MountainSW 218°794 m15.1 mi
Wildcat MountainSSE 158°775 m8.5 mi
Bald MountainESE 123°757 m22.8 mi
Lone Wolf MountainW 270°752 m19.7 mi
Cottonwood MountainSE 141°740 m7.4 mi
Ninemile HillSSE 159°730 m8.2 mi
Black PointESE 119°725 m15.7 mi
Beacon HillE 100°710 m7.1 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 solstice07:4017:0317:41

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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453452152

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