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Sunset Heights

Sunset Heights is a historic area in El Paso, Texas that has existed since the latter part of the 1890s.

Sunset Heights
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The place

Sunset Heights is a historic area in El Paso, Texas that has existed since the latter part of the 1890s. Many wealthy residents have had their houses and mansions built on this hill. Although some buildings have been renovated to their former glory, many have been neglected and have deteriorated. An organization, the Sunset Heights Improvement Association, helps neighbors on a fixed income to manage home maintenance and also sponsors an annual tour.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Sunset Heights

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.

  1. 01
    University 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 km · public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Juárez

    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Juárez is located in the northern Mexican city of the same name, across the Río Grande from El Paso, Texas. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua.

    2.9 km · diocese of the catholic church in Mexico · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez

    Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez is a multi-purpose stadium in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. It is the home stadium of Liga MX football club FC Juárez.

    3.1 km · stadium · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    El 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.

    900 m · art museum in El Paso, Texas · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Sun 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.

    1.5 km · stadium at the University of Texas at El Paso · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick

    St. Patrick Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso.

    600 m · church in Texas, United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral, Ciudad Juárez

    The Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral, also Ciudad Juárez Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral church dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe that is located in Ciudad Juárez in the border state of Chihuahua, in Mexico, in the area called Historical Center. It was built in the middle of the second half of the twentieth century and is attached to the old and still preserved Franciscan mission, founded in the 17th century, in the then Paso del Norte.

    2.9 km · church in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Paso del Norte International Bridge

    The Paso del Norte International Bridge is an international bridge which crosses the Rio Grande river connecting the United States-Mexico border cities of El Paso, Texas, US, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico.

    2 km · bridge between Mexico and the United States · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Don 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.

    1.8 km · arena in Texas, United States · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    El 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.

    700 m · building in El Paso, Texas, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sunset Heights

Airports
El Paso (ELP), 13 km · Abraham González (CJS), 16 km
  • Albuquerque → Sunset Heights
    1207 km · quickest by air, 5h 44m · $240–360
  • Tucson → Sunset Heights
    1503 km · quickest by air, 8h 13m · $280–410
  • Phoenix → Sunset Heights
    1629 km · quickest by air, 6h 17m · $270–410
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Sunset Heights

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 Sunset Heights. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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  2. 02
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,325 km
  3. 03
    FloresGT

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  5. 05
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    2,419 km

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Around it

Next door to Sunset Heights

Sunset Heights is 1 km from El Paso, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.