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African American Troops at Fort Brown

African American Troops at Fort Brown from directly overhead

African American Troops at Fort Brown is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Palmito Hill stands 11 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Brown, Buildings 85 and 86, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2018
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates25.89866, -97.49122

1.6 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Fort Brown, Buildings 85 and 86: 0.0 mi
Fort Brown Commissary/Guardhouse: 0.0 mi
Post Hospital: 0.1 mi
Post Hospital Annex: 0.1 mi
Commissary-Guard House: 0.1 mi

Parks

Xeriscape Park: 0.3 mi
Alice Wilson Hope Park: 0.5 mi
Edelstein Park: 0.6 mi
Washington Park: 0.7 mi
Lincoln Park: 0.7 mi

Peaks9

Loma de la Montuosa Chica: 9.1 mi
Loma de la Jauja: 12.2 mi
Palmito Hill: 13.2 mi
Loma Tio Alejos: 14.2 mi
Loma la Cuchilla: 18.6 mi

Museums8

Brownsville Heritage Museum: 0.3 mi
Brownsville Art League Fine Arts Museum: 0.3 mi
Stillman House Museum: 0.3 mi
Historic Brownsville Museum: 0.8 mi
Children’s Museum of Brownsville: 1.3 mi

Nature reserves

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 0.8 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Voshell Unit: 3.8 mi
Sabal Palm Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Brasil Unit: 8.2 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Tucker Unit: 18.5 mi

Artworks8

Elon Musk Statue: 11.2 mi
Occupy Mars - Elon Musk Wall: 11.3 mi
DOGE: 11.3 mi
Grid Fin: 19.7 mi
Mars Base Mural: 19.8 mi

Gardens3

Butterfly Garden: 0.3 mi
Nature Park Rain Garden: 12.6 mi
Nature Park Retention Garden: 12.6 mi

Attractions3

Welcome to Texas Sign: 0.9 mi
Starbase Sign: 19.6 mi
Pier 19: 23.5 mi

Picnic sites2

Nature Park Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
Prairie Island Picnic Area: 21.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Santa Rita: 8.7 mi

Beaches1

Isla Blanca Beach: 24.0 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Harlingen: 24.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of African American Troops at Fort Brown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Palmito Hill	ENE 77°	11 m	13.2 mi
Loma de la Jauja	ENE 69°	9 m	12.2 mi
Loma la Cuchilla	NE 51°	9 m	18.6 mi
Loma del Mesquite	ENE 58°	8 m	19.3 mi
Loma Tio Alejos	ENE 71°	7 m	14.2 mi
Loma la Lauja	NE 34°	6 m	18.9 mi
Loma del Islote	ENE 57°	6 m	20.1 mi
Loma de la Montuosa Chica	ENE 67°	3 m	9.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:35	19:11	19:42
June solstice	06:40	19:52	20:25
September equinox	07:19	18:57	19:28
December solstice	07:13	17:10	17:44

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	63	67	71	77	82	86	86	87	83	78	71	64
Precip in	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.5	2.2	2.9	2.0	2.2	5.7	3.8	1.8	1.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brownsville, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12402888073

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