Padre Island & Padre Nicolas Balli
Padre Island & Padre Nicolas Balli is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Alazan Mott stands 2 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Padre Balli Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 2.1 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1979
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Padre Balli Park: 0.2 mi
- Don & Sandy Billish Park: 0.6 mi
- Padre Island Beach Park: 0.9 mi
- Aquarius Park: 1.5 mi
- Douden Park: 1.9 mi
- Pat Dunn Ranch: 2.6 mi
- Coastal Hide, Tallow and Packing Industries: 2.6 mi
- Duncan Cemetery: 5.5 mi
- Flour Bluff Independent School District: 6.2 mi
- German POW Camp at NAS Corpus Christi: 6.5 mi
- Texas Surf Museum: 17.7 mi
- Tejano Civil Rights Museum: 18.4 mi
- Museum Of Hispanic Culture: 18.5 mi
- Art Museum of South Texas: 18.6 mi
- Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures: 18.6 mi
- Fourmile Hill: 0.6 mi
- Big Hill: 8.0 mi
- Little Dagger Hill: 10.4 mi
- Green Hill: 17.1 mi
- Dagger Hill: 18.5 mi
- J P Luby: 2.9 mi
- New Port Pass: 4.2 mi
- University Beach: 10.7 mi
- Malaquite Beach: 11.1 mi
- Holiday Beach: 18.9 mi
- Redhead Pond Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Francine Cohn Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge: 10.7 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 16.5 mi
- The Great Heron: 8.7 mi
- Selena Memorial Statue: 17.7 mi
- Orion's Belt: 18.0 mi
- Corpus Christi Watergarden: 18.6 mi
- Giant milk bottle: 19.3 mi
- South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center: 12.1 mi
- Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 18.4 mi
- The Learning Garden: 19.5 mi
- American Bank Center: 18.4 mi
- Fan Pavillion: 18.8 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 19.7 mi
- McGloins Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Padre Island & Padre Nicolas Balli. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alazan Mott | SW 231° | 2 m | 20.7 mi |
| Big Hill | SW 214° | 1 m | 8.0 mi |
| Little Dagger Hill | SSW 212° | 1 m | 10.4 mi |
| Green Hill | SSW 208° | 1 m | 17.1 mi |
| Dagger Hill | SSW 206° | 1 m | 18.5 mi |
| Big Ball Hill | SSW 202° | 1 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 19:54 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:56 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 17:05 | 17:40 |
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 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 75 | 81 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 62 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corpus Christi NAS, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6206876825
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