Historic site · Texas

Old Falcon

Old Falcon from directly overhead

Old Falcon is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Loma Blanca stands 123 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Lopeno, a historic site 4.9 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail runs past it. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1983
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates26.63852, -99.09476

On the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

47 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites19

Parks13

Salineño Community Park: 7.6 mi
Fronton Plaza: 15.9 mi
Roma Community Park: 16.0 mi
Plaza San Juan: 16.8 mi
Bicentennial Plaza: 17.0 mi

Nature reserves10

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 6.2 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 6.5 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 8.0 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 13.6 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 15.0 mi

Museums2

Roma Historical Museum: 7.8 mi
Zapata County Museum of History: 21.2 mi

Peaks2

Loma Blanca: 10.5 mi
Gongora Hill: 15.7 mi

Gardens1

Butterfly Garden: 5.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Loma Blanca	NW 324°	123 m	10.5 mi
Gongora Hill	SSE 160°	101 m	15.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:41	19:18	19:48
June solstice	06:45	20:00	20:33
September equinox	07:26	19:04	19:34
December solstice	07:21	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	60	65	72	78	84	89	89	90	85	78	69	61
Precip in	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.2	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.6	4.9	1.4	1.3	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falcon DAM, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971411843

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