Cliff · Texas

Red Head Bluff

Red Head Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Red Head Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Loma la Cuchilla stands 9 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Adolph Thomae Jr. County Park, a park 4.5 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 15 miles off. 172 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 2 m

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Coordinates26.30174, -97.34776

14.6 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

172 named places within 25 miles

Parks60

Adolph Thomae Jr. County Park: 4.5 mi
Laguna Vista Nature Trails: 14.2 mi
Edwin King Atwood Park: 14.4 mi
Rio Hondo County Park: 15.4 mi
South Padre Island Convention Center Nature Trail: 15.4 mi

Historic sites51

Arroyo Colorado Lift Bridge: 15.3 mi
Stagecoach to the Rio Grande, C.S.A.: 15.9 mi
Alta Vista Apartments: 17.5 mi
Port Isabel Cemetery: 17.7 mi
Port of Matamoros: 17.7 mi

Nature reserves27

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 10.4 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Arroyo Colorado Unit: 10.4 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 11.3 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 11.5 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 11.7 mi

Peaks11

Goose Hill: 7.0 mi
Los Tanques: 9.1 mi
Loma la Lauja: 12.4 mi
Green Hill: 13.7 mi
Loma la Cuchilla: 16.9 mi

Artworks8

Jesus Christ of the Fisherman Statue: 19.9 mi
Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas: 22.8 mi
The History of Mexico & Mankind: 23.0 mi
Grid Fin: 23.9 mi
Mars Base Mural: 24.0 mi

Beaches5

UFO Beach (clothing optional): 9.5 mi
Thrive Beach: 10.7 mi
South Padre Island Nude Beach: 12.5 mi
Aurora 19 Public Beach Access: 16.7 mi
Isla Blanca Beach: 19.8 mi

Museums3

Port Isabel Historical Museum: 17.8 mi
Treasures of the Gulf Museum: 17.8 mi
Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum: 20.7 mi

Picnic sites2

Prairie Island Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
Nature Park Picnic Area: 17.2 mi

Gardens2

Nature Park Retention Garden: 17.2 mi
Nature Park Rain Garden: 17.2 mi

Attractions2

Pier 19: 19.0 mi
Starbase Sign: 24.1 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Harlingen: 24.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Loma la Cuchilla	SSE 161°	9 m	16.9 mi
Loma de la Jauja	S 174°	9 m	23.7 mi
Goose Hill	NNW 337°	8 m	7.0 mi
Loma del Mesquite	SSE 157°	8 m	19.3 mi
Loma Tio Alejos	S 169°	7 m	23.7 mi
Loma la Lauja	S 172°	6 m	12.4 mi
Loma del Islote	SSE 155°	6 m	18.9 mi
Green Hill	NNW 344°	3 m	13.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:34	19:11	19:41
June solstice	06:38	19:52	20:26
September equinox	07:19	18:57	19:27
December solstice	07:14	17:08	17:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	61	65	70	75	81	84	85	85	83	77	69	63
Precip in	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.3	2.1	2.7	1.4	1.3	5.3	2.7	1.9	1.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Isabel Cameron CO AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356719493

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