Temple
A temple is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice.

A temple is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship for some religions are commonly called "temples" in English, while those of other religions are not, even though they fulfill very similar functions.
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Worth seeing in and around Temple
3 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.
- 01St. Mary's Catholic School
St. Mary's Catholic School, or SMCS, is a Roman Catholic co-educational school, PreK-8, located in Temple, Texas.
1.3 km · Roman catholic. school in Temple, Texas, United States · Wikipedia - 02Temple College
Temple College is a public community college in Temple, Texas, with regional branch campuses at other locations in Central Texas.
3 km · community college in Temple, Texas, U.S. · Wikipedia - 03Wheatley Alternative Education Center
Wheatley Alternative Education Center is a secondary alternative school located in Temple, Texas, in the Temple Independent School District. The school serves all of TISD, including the city of Temple and Bell County.
1 km · public high school in Temple, Texas, United States · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogy Center
Focuses on Czech immigration and culture contributions to the multi-ethnic mix of the state.
From Wikivoyage: Temple, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Miller Springs Nature Center
Hike along the Leon River in the ravines here below Belton Lake.
From Wikivoyage: Temple, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Casa Ole Restaurant & Cantina
Good Tex-Mex place well known for its chips and salsa.
- 02Cheeves Brothers Steak House
14 E Avenue A,.
- 03Dynasty Chinese Restaurant
2501 Airport Rd,.
- 04Pignetti's Italian Restaurant
Great Italian fare in a romantic atmosphere.
- 05Mee Mee's Thai
Unassuming, family-run eatery offering a wide selection of familiar Thai dishes in a mellow setting.
From Wikivoyage: Temple, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Temple
- Airports
- Austin Bergstrom (AUS), 105 km · Dallas Love Field (DAL), 200 km · Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), 202 km
- Austin → Temple100 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · $9–12
- Houston → Temple241 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · $22–30
- Dallas → Temple194 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · $17–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Temple
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 Temple. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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