Historic site · Texas

Old Rio Grande City Cemetery

Old Rio Grande City Cemetery from directly overhead

Old Rio Grande City Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Gongora Hill stands 101 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Immaculate Conception School, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail runs past it. 93 named places lie within 25 miles.

About

The story

city in and the county seat of Starr County, Texas, United States

Dates from 1848.

Wikidata Q981868, matched on coordinates and name (605 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built: 2005
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.38083, -98.82437

On the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

93 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves50

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 2.0 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 4.3 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 4.6 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 5.0 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 6.1 mi

Historic sites22

Parks17

San Juan Plaza: 0.6 mi
Fort Ringgold County Park: 1.0 mi
Fort Ringgold Historic Site: 1.1 mi
Starr County Fairgrounds: 1.3 mi
Basilio Villarreal Municipal Park: 1.4 mi

Peaks1

Gongora Hill: 11.8 mi

Museums1

Roma Historical Museum: 17.1 mi

Ghost towns1

Sam Fordyce: 20.8 mi

Gardens1

Butterfly Garden: 24.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gongora Hill	WNW 285°	101 m	11.8 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 Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971415873

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