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UFO Beach (clothing optional)

UFO Beach (clothing optional) from directly overhead

UFO Beach (clothing optional) is a beach in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Palmito Hill stands 11 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Thrive Beach, a beach 3.3 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 15 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

UFO Beach, South Padre Island, Texas, clothing option.

How to reach it

Coordinates26.29429, -97.19505

100 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 22
  • Edwin King Atwood Park: 9.0 mi
  • Andy Bowie County Park: 10.6 mi
  • South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail: 10.7 mi
  • South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center: 10.9 mi
  • John L. Tompkins Park: 11.3 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Los Tanques: 4.0 mi
  • Goose Hill: 14.0 mi
  • Loma la Lauja: 14.0 mi
  • Loma la Cuchilla: 16.0 mi
  • Loma del Islote: 16.6 mi
Artworks: 6
Beaches: 4
  • Thrive Beach: 3.3 mi
  • South Padre Island Nude Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Aurora 19 Public Beach Access: 12.0 mi
  • Isla Blanca Beach: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Attractions: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Nature Park Rain Garden: 22.8 mi
  • Nature Park Retention Garden: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Palmito HillSSW 193°11 m25.0 mi
Loma la CuchillaSSW 194°9 m16.0 mi
Loma de la JaujaSSW 197°9 m24.1 mi
Goose HillWNW 300°8 m14.0 mi
Loma del MesquiteS 187°8 m17.4 mi
Loma Tio AlejosSSW 192°7 m23.3 mi
Loma la LaujaSSW 213°6 m14.0 mi
Loma del IsloteS 185°6 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:41
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, 13 mi away.

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9699800421

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