Kern Place
Kern Place is a historic neighborhood on the West side of El Paso, Texas.
Kern Place is a historic neighborhood on the West side of El Paso, Texas. The neighborhood lies just east of the University of Texas at El Paso, and north of downtown. Kern is part of District 8 in the City of El Paso and currently represented on the City Council by Chris Canales. The neighborhood was created by Peter E. Kern, and once had an unusual gate marking the entrance. Madeline Park in the center of the neighborhood is named after Kern's daughter. Businesses and a small entertainment district border the eclectic housing featured in the neighborhood.
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Worth seeing in and around Kern Place
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso is a public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, it is the third oldest academic component of the University of Texas System.
1.6 km · public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States · Wikipedia - 02El Paso Museum of Art
Founded in 1959, The El Paso Museum of Art is located in downtown El Paso, Texas. First accredited in 1972, it is the only accredited art museum within a 250-mile radius and serves approximately 100,000 visitors per year.
2.9 km · art museum in El Paso, Texas · Wikipedia - 03Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick
St. Patrick Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso.
2 km · church in Texas, United States · Wikipedia - 04Sun Bowl Stadium
The Sun Bowl is an outdoor football stadium in the Southwestern United States, on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. It is home to the UTEP Miners of the Mountain West Conference and the college football bowl game also known as the Sun Bowl.
1.4 km · stadium at the University of Texas at El Paso · Wikipedia - 05El Paso Museum of History
The El Paso Museum of History is a museum located in downtown El Paso, Texas which presents information about the past 400 years of history in the United States/Mexico border region. The museum has over 16,000 feet of exhibition space.
2.6 km · building in El Paso, Texas, United States · Wikipedia - 06Wells Fargo Plaza
The Wells Fargo Plaza is a high-rise skyscraper located on 221 North Kansas Street in Downtown El Paso, Texas, United States. It opened as the State National Bank Plaza on October 25, 1971.
2.8 km · skyscraper in the USA · Wikipedia - 07New El Paso Ballpark
Southwest University Park is a ballpark in El Paso, Texas. It is the home of the El Paso Chihuahuas, a Minor League Baseball team in the Pacific Coast League, and El Paso Locomotive FC, a second-tier USL Championship team since its inaugural season in 2019.
2.7 km · baseball park in El Paso, Texas, USA · Wikipedia - 08Don Haskins Center
The Don Haskins Center, formerly known as the Special Events Center, is the home of UTEP Miners men's and women's basketball. The venue is located in the heart of El Paso, Texas.
900 m · arena in Texas, United States · Wikipedia - 09American Canal
The American Canal is an irrigation canal in the Upper Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, Texas. The canal acquires water from the Rio Grande from the American Diversion Dam at the Texas–New Mexico–Mexico border, 2 miles northwest of downtown El Paso.
1.9 km · canal in Texas, United States of America · Wikipedia - 10American Diversion Dam
The American Dam, or American Diversion Dam, is a diversion dam on the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, that divides the river water between Mexico and the U.S. It is about 140 feet north of the point where the west bank of the river enters Mexico, 3.5 miles from the business center. The dam is operated by the International Boundary and Water Commission.
2.7 km · dam in New Mexico, United States of America, United States of America · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kern Place
- Airports
- El Paso (ELP), 12 km · Abraham González (CJS), 18 km
- Albuquerque → Kern Place367 km · quickest by road, 5h 45m · $34–47
- Tucson → Kern Place420 km · quickest by air, 6h 28m · $170–250
- Phoenix → Kern Place554 km · quickest by air, 4h 32m · $160–250
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kern Place
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kern Place. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Kern Place
Kern Place is 3 km from El Paso, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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