Laredo Telephone Exchange
Laredo Telephone Exchange is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Cerritos Blancos stands 182 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Leyendecker House, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 2.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2001
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Telephone service came to Laredo in 1884, just eight years after Alexander Graham Bell obtained the first telephone patent. Housed here in the home of Lázaro and Maria del Refugio de la Garza (later the home of the Bruni family), the exchange housed...
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Saint Agustine: 0.0 mi
- General Ignacio Zaragoza: 0.0 mi
- El Meson de San Agustin Mural: 0.1 mi
- Tatangelo Parkway Mural: 0.1 mi
- Lo mejor de la vida es shopping: 0.2 mi
- San Agustin Plaza: 0.0 mi
- Old Mercado Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Parquecito Rivera del Río Bravo: 0.2 mi
- Plaza Azteca: 0.3 mi
- Jarvis Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Leyendecker House: 0.0 mi
- Republic of the Rio Grande: 0.0 mi
- Capitol, Republic of the Rio Grande: 0.0 mi
- Republic of the Rio Grande: 0.0 mi
- Laredo Election Riot, 1886: 0.1 mi
- Republic of the Rio Grande Museum: 0.0 mi
- Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum: 0.1 mi
- Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum: 0.2 mi
- Imaginarium of South Texas: 0.9 mi
- Laredo Water Museum: 1.8 mi
- Osprey Hill: 5.0 mi
- El Pico: 9.1 mi
- Mendez Hills: 17.8 mi
- Loma de las Potrancas: 17.9 mi
- Cerritos Blancos: 20.9 mi
- Islitas: 14.5 mi
- Pescadito: 15.3 mi
- Darwin: 20.6 mi
- Santo Tomás: 22.5 mi
- El Portal: 0.2 mi
- Texas Mexican Railway Co. Car: 0.9 mi
- Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium: 6.6 mi
- Las Palmas Bird Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- Riverbend Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Krizia L. Keiser Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
- TAMIU Garden: 6.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laredo Telephone Exchange. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerritos Blancos | NNW 335° | 182 m | 20.9 mi |
| Loma de las Potrancas | NNW 340° | 177 m | 17.9 mi |
| El Pico | NNW 336° | 152 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mendez Hills | SSE 164° | 144 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:19 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:44 | 20:03 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:05 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 17:14 | 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 | 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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