San Antonio is about 28 miles from Trinity Site , where the first nuclear bomb was detonated on July 16 , 1945 . Residents reported tremors like an earthquake and the town received some of the remnants of the mushroom cloud , resulting in some radioactive contamination of the area , which faded quickly and does not persist today . The town was the meeting place for the scientists who detonated the bomb
Trinity Site
Trinity (nuclear test)
San Antonio, New Mexico