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Thrive Beach

Thrive Beach from directly overhead

Thrive Beach is a beach in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Palmito Hill stands 11 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is South Padre Island Nude Beach, a beach 3.0 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 12 miles off. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

Thrive Beach, South Padre Island, Texas

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.24790, -97.18520
Around it

104 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 27
Historic sites: 24
Parks: 22
  • Edwin King Atwood Park: 5.8 mi
  • Andy Bowie County Park: 7.3 mi
  • South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail: 7.4 mi
  • South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center: 7.6 mi
  • John L. Tompkins Park: 8.1 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Los Tanques: 7.3 mi
  • Loma la Lauja: 11.9 mi
  • Loma la Cuchilla: 13.1 mi
  • Loma del Islote: 13.5 mi
  • Loma del Mesquite: 14.3 mi
Artworks: 6
Beaches: 4
Attractions: 2
Museums: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Nature Park Rain Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Nature Park Retention Garden: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thrive Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Palmito HillSSW 196°11 m22.0 mi
Loma la CuchillaSSW 201°9 m13.1 mi
Loma de la JaujaSSW 201°9 m21.2 mi
Loma del MesquiteS 190°8 m14.3 mi
Goose HillNW 309°8 m16.3 mi
Loma Tio AlejosSSW 196°7 m20.3 mi
Loma la LaujaSW 224°6 m11.9 mi
Loma del IsloteS 189°6 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:40
June solstice06:3819:5120:25
September equinox07:1818:5619:27
December solstice07:1317:0817:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F616570758184858583776963
Precip in1.01.21.11.32.12.71.41.35.32.71.91.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Isabel Cameron CO AP, 11 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 0.54 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Realitos Pennisula, Laguna Madre, TX, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9699800422

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