Editing Big Spring, Texas (section)

== Arts and culture ==
Big Spring is the site of several major [[hang-gliding]] championship tournaments, including the U.S. Hang Gliding Nationals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ushpa.aero/news.asp?id=136|title=iMIS|publisher=Advanced Solutions International |website=Ushpa.aero|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131053437/http://www.ushpa.aero/news.asp?id=136|archive-date=January 31, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city was also the site for the filming of parts of ''Midnight Cowboy'' and ''Hangar 18''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080836/|title=Hangar 18|date=March 13, 1981|access-date=April 4, 2018|via=IMDb.com}}</ref>

=== Points of interest ===
[[File:Big Spring State Park Pavilion 2009.jpg|thumb|The picnic pavilion at [[Big Spring State Park (Texas)|Big Spring State Park]] was built by the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] in the 1930s.]]

* [[Settles Hotel]]
* Big Spring Municipal Auditorium (a 1,400-seat, city-owned facility, which is home to the Big Spring Symphony and center for local and traveling performances<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mybigspring.com/Facilities/Facility/Details/Municipal-Auditorium-8 | title=Municipal Auditorium}}</ref>)
* [[Howard County, Texas|Howard County]] Courthouse
* Heritage Museum of Big Spring (a 13,000 square foot museum featuring exhibits of local history and interest<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.heritagebigspring.com/ | title=Heritage Museum of Big Spring &#124; Home}}</ref>)
* [[Potton–Hayden House]]
* Hangar 25 Air Museum (a museum, housed in a fully restored World War II-era hangar, which promotes education through the collection, preservation, and exhibition of the history of the Big Spring Army Air Force Bombardier School and [[Webb Air Force Base]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.hangar25airmuseum.org/main/index.asp |title = Hangar 25 Air Museum in Big Spring, Texas at former Webb AFB}}</ref>)
* [[Big Spring Vietnam Memorial]]
* [[Big Spring State Park (Texas)|Big Spring State Park]]
* Comanche Trail Park (a 400-acre city park that features the historic "big spring", a 6,900-seat limestone amphitheater, an 18-hole golf course, tennis courts, baseball fields, playgrounds, and pavilions, as well as hike, bike and nature trails<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://tx-bigspringcvb.civicplus.com/198/Comanche-Trail-Park | title=Comanche Trail Park &#124; Big Spring, TX CVB}}</ref>)
* Moss Creek Lake (a 400-acre recreational area offering a beach swimming area, paintball course, dirt-bike course, and a playground, as well as an RV park with full hook-ups and 26 sheltered campsites<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://tx-bigspringcvb.civicplus.com/203/Moss-Creek-Lake |title = Moss Creek Lake &#124; Big Spring, TX CVB}}</ref>)
* [[List of peaks named Signal Mountain|Signal Peak]] (also called Signal Mountain, a landmark 10 miles southeast of Big Spring near Moss Creek Lake, used by Native Americans and early Anglo settlers<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rjs38 |title = Signal Mountains|date = June 15, 2010}}</ref>)
* George H. O'Brien, Jr. VA Medical Center (primary facility for the West Texas VA Health Care System, which serves veterans in 33 counties across 53,000 sq mi of West Texas and eastern New Mexico<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bigspring.va.gov/ |title = West Texas VA Health Care System}}</ref>)
* [[Dorothy Garrett Coliseum]]
* [[Panther Creek Wind Farm]]
* [[Delek US]] Refinery (formerly Alon USA)
* McMahon-Wrinkle Industrial Airpark (formerly [[Webb Air Force Base]])