Aransas Pass Light Station
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Aransas Pass Light Station is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. The nearest named place is Lydia Ann Lighthouse, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
historic district in Port Aransas (vicinity), Aransas County, Texas
Dates from 1855.
Wikidata Q18619035, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2019
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Aransas Pass, C.S.A: 1.6 mi
- United States Coast Guard on Mustang Island: 1.6 mi
- Tarpon Inn: 1.8 mi
- Mustang Island: 2.0 mi
- The Mercer Family on Mustang Island: 2.0 mi
- Robert's Point Park: 1.8 mi
- UT Wetlands: 1.9 mi
- Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond: 2.3 mi
- I B Magee Beach Park: 2.3 mi
- Port Aransas Community Park: 2.5 mi
- Port Aransas Museum: 2.0 mi
- Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum: 9.2 mi
- Texas Maritime Museum: 11.2 mi
- Fulton Mansion State Historic Site: 13.4 mi
- USS Lexington Museum on the Bay: 20.6 mi
- Port Aransas Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 6.7 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 10.1 mi
- Francine Cohn Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Quarantine Shore: 3.0 mi
- Holiday Beach: 3.1 mi
- Rockport Beach Park: 11.4 mi
- New Port Pass: 17.5 mi
- J P Luby: 18.7 mi
- Giant milk bottle: 20.3 mi
- Orion's Belt: 20.9 mi
- Selena Memorial Statue: 21.0 mi
- Corpus Christi Watergarden: 21.0 mi
- The Great Heron: 21.6 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 2.0 mi
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 14.7 mi
- Fan Pavillion: 20.7 mi
- American Bank Center: 21.0 mi
- Aransas City: 16.7 mi
- Copano: 20.0 mi
- Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 21.1 mi
- The Learning Garden: 23.6 mi
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- McGloins Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Fourmile Hill: 22.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 19:54 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:55 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 17:03 | 17:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 59 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Aransas, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6206876829
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