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Harlingen Army Airfield and Harlingen Air Force Base

Harlingen Army Airfield and Harlingen Air Force Base from directly overhead

Harlingen Army Airfield and Harlingen Air Force Base is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Harmony Hill stands 25 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 1.4 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2004
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.21691, -97.66718

1.4 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Iwo Jima Memorial: 0.4 mi
Original Sam Houston School: 2.2 mi
First United Methodist Church of Harlingen: 2.4 mi
Howard E. and Mary Butt House: 2.4 mi
Planters State Bank: 2.5 mi

Parks

Pendleton Park: 0.9 mi
Bonham Park: 1.6 mi
Hunter Park: 1.7 mi
Liberty Gardens Park: 1.8 mi
Harlingen City Lake Park: 2.0 mi

Nature reserves

Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Carricitos Unit: 6.3 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 7.2 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 8.3 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 8.3 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 8.3 mi

Museums6

Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum: 0.0 mi
Children’s Museum of Brownsville: 23.3 mi
Historic Brownsville Museum: 23.8 mi
Stillman House Museum: 24.3 mi
Brownsville Heritage Museum: 24.3 mi

Peaks5

Harmony Hill: 15.1 mi
Sunrise Hill: 16.4 mi
Goose Hill: 21.1 mi
Loma la Lauja: 22.5 mi
Green Hill: 24.8 mi

Gardens3

Nature Park Retention Garden: 15.2 mi
Nature Park Rain Garden: 15.2 mi
Butterfly Garden: 24.9 mi

Artworks2

Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas: 2.4 mi
The History of Mexico & Mankind: 2.6 mi

Picnic sites2

Nature Park Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Prairie Island Picnic Area: 16.5 mi

Rest areas1

Texas Travel Information Center at Harlingen: 3.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Santa Rita: 16.9 mi

Cliffs1

Red Head Bluff: 20.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Harlingen Army Airfield and Harlingen Air Force Base. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Harmony Hill	W 269°	25 m	15.1 mi
Sunrise Hill	W 270°	25 m	16.4 mi
Goose Hill	NE 54°	8 m	21.1 mi
Loma la Lauja	ESE 106°	6 m	22.5 mi
Green Hill	NE 40°	3 m	24.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:35	19:12	19:42
June solstice	06:40	19:53	20:27
September equinox	07:20	18:58	19:28
December solstice	07:15	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	61	65	71	76	82	86	87	87	83	77	69	63
Precip in	1.2	1.2	1.5	2.3	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.1	5.8	3.1	2.0	1.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harlingen, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5224738811

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