TAMIU Garden
TAMIU Garden is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Cerrito Prieto stands 234 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- TAMIU College of Arts and Sciences
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Winfield Park: 1.6 mi
- El Ranchito Group Facility: 1.7 mi
- Camp Huisache: 2.2 mi
- Lake Casa Blanca International State Park: 2.4 mi
- Jovita Idar's El Progreso Park: 2.5 mi
- No More Mural: 2.6 mi
- Jovita Idar Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Manadas Creek: 3.1 mi
- Different is Beautiful: 3.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Mural: 3.2 mi
- Radcliffe Killam: 0.2 mi
- Laredo Air Force Base: 2.2 mi
- Deaf Smith: 2.4 mi
- Muro Del Amor: 3.1 mi
- Bishop Peter Verdaguer: 4.0 mi
- Osprey Hill: 2.4 mi
- El Pico: 8.9 mi
- Loma de las Potrancas: 16.1 mi
- Cerritos Blancos: 19.5 mi
- Mendez Hills: 21.8 mi
- Laredo Water Museum: 6.3 mi
- Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum: 6.3 mi
- Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum: 6.4 mi
- Republic of the Rio Grande Museum: 6.4 mi
- Imaginarium of South Texas: 6.7 mi
- Pescadito: 11.6 mi
- Islitas: 15.0 mi
- Darwin: 21.4 mi
- Santo Tomás: 22.8 mi
- Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium: 0.2 mi
- El Portal: 6.6 mi
- Texas Mexican Railway Co. Car: 7.0 mi
- Las Palmas Bird Sanctuary: 6.2 mi
- Riverbend Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Krizia L. Keiser Memorial Garden: 2.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of TAMIU Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerrito Prieto | N 358° | 234 m | 24.2 mi |
| Cerritos Blancos | NW 317° | 182 m | 19.5 mi |
| Loma de las Potrancas | NW 319° | 177 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cerrito Prieto | SE 125° | 172 m | 23.2 mi |
| El Pico | WNW 294° | 152 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mendez Hills | S 179° | 144 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:19 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:44 | 20:03 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:05 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 17:13 | 17:48 |
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 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 76 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 83 | 76 | 66 | 59 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laredo Intl AP, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer275 obs
- Blackbrush Acacia238 obs
- Christmas cholla218 obs
- Collared Peccary185 obs
- Strawberry Cactus179 obs
- Spanish dagger176 obs
- Coyotillo170 obs
- honey mesquite145 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/949949746
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