Historic site · Texas

Jose De Escandon

Jose De Escandon from directly overhead

Jose De Escandon is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Gongora Hill stands 101 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Rev. Gustav Gollbach, O.M.I., a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Tropical Trail runs past it. 94 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1936
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.38146, -98.81977

On the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

94 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves51

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 2.2 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 4.2 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 4.4 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 4.8 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 5.8 mi

Historic sites22

The Rev. Gustav Gollbach, O.M.I.: 0.0 mi
Padre Gustav Gollbach, O.M.I.: 0.0 mi
Immaculate Conception School: 0.0 mi
Starr County: 0.1 mi
Rio Grande City, C.S.A.: 0.1 mi

Parks17

San Juan Plaza: 0.3 mi
Fort Ringgold County Park: 0.7 mi
Fort Ringgold Historic Site: 0.9 mi
Starr County Fairgrounds: 1.0 mi
Basilio Villarreal Municipal Park: 1.2 mi

Peaks1

Gongora Hill: 12.1 mi

Museums1

Roma Historical Museum: 17.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Sam Fordyce: 20.5 mi

Gardens1

Butterfly Garden: 24.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gongora Hill	WNW 284°	101 m	12.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:40	19:17	19:47
June solstice	06:44	19:58	20:32
September equinox	07:25	19:03	19:33
December solstice	07:20	17:14	17:49

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	86	87	87	83	76	67	59
Precip in	0.8	1.0	1.3	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.0	1.3	5.1	2.5	1.1	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Grande City, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12453505932

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