Lookout · Texas Tropical Trail

Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center

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Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center — direction of view not recorded. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Overview · Assembled from verified data

The Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center sits at 4 feet elevation along the Texas Tropical Trail, on nearly flat terrain that drops only 3 feet over the surrounding 600 meters. Port Aransas Community Park lies north-northeast at 0.4 mi, Port Aransas Nature Preserve is west-northwest at 0.5 mi, and Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond is northeast at 0.6 mi. Day length varies through the year, with sunrise at 06:34 and sunset at 20:28 around the June solstice, and a shorter span from 07:16 to 17:38 at the December solstice. Portland is 15.2 mi west-northwest, Corpus Christi is 20.4 mi west-southwest, and Robstown is 36.2 mi west.

Access

0.5 mi detour

Elevation

4 ft

Relief

3 ft drop

In view

3 named features

Photos · Real imagery only

A pair of Inca Doves ( Columbina inca ) at Paradise pond, nesting in a tree right along the elevated walkway, oblivious to the hundreds of birders passing below. — Len Blumin from Mill Valley, California, United States · CC BY 2.0 · source

This is the ferry that you take to get from the Texas coastline to Mustang Island. — Tiffany LeMaistre from Tyler, TX, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

In Paradise Pond, Port Aransas, Texas. — John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source

The William G. Burnett , a vehicle and passenger ferry, making its way across the Corpus Christi Ship Channel from Aransas Pass to Port Aransas, Texas, United States. — Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · source

In view · Named features

What you’re looking at

Named terrain around this overlook, nearest first. No view direction is recorded, so every bearing is listed.

Port Aransas Community Park7 ftnorth-northeast · 0.4 mi
Port Aransas Nature Preserve2 ftwest-northwest · 0.5 mi
Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond9 ftnortheast · 0.6 mi

When to look · Sun at this latitude

Light

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Golden hour
March equinox	07:33	19:40	19:09
June solstice	06:34	20:28	19:54
September equinox	07:18	19:26	18:55
December solstice	07:16	17:38	17:03

Local time (America/Chicago). Computed for this exact position.

Getting there · Position and access

Where it is

Portland15.2 mi west-northwest
Corpus Christi20.4 mi west-southwest
Robstown36.2 mi west

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Common questions

How high is Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center?

Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center sits at about 4 feet (1 m).

What can you see from Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center?

From Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center: Port Aransas Community Park (NNE, 0.4 mi); Port Aransas Nature Preserve (WNW, 0.5 mi); Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond (NE, 0.6 mi).

What is the nearest town to Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center?

Portland, 15 miles WNW of Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center.

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Texas Tropical Trail0.5 mi detour

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