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Nuevo Santander Land Grants

Nuevo Santander Land Grants from directly overhead

Nuevo Santander Land Grants is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Gongora Hill stands 101 m to the north-northwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Roma Municipal Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail runs past it. 70 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2013
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates26.40226, -98.99472

On the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

70 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves32

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 2.5 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 2.8 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 3.6 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 6.0 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 7.3 mi

Historic sites20

Parks15

Roma Municipal Park: 0.6 mi
Bicentennial Plaza: 1.2 mi
Roma Community Park: 1.6 mi
El Garceño Park: 3.3 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Prieta Unit: 3.9 mi

Peaks1

Gongora Hill: 1.7 mi

Museums1

Roma Historical Museum: 12.4 mi

Gardens1

Butterfly Garden: 15.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nuevo Santander Land Grants. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gongora Hill	NNW 328°	101 m	1.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:41	19:17	19:48
June solstice	06:45	19:59	20:32
September equinox	07:25	19:03	19:34
December solstice	07:20	17:15	17:49

Local time (America/Matamoros).

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971415875

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