Raymond and Tirza Martin High School
Raymond and Tirza Martin High School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Cerritos Blancos stands 182 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Selena, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2007
- Material
- aluminium
- Inscription
- In the 1930s, Laredo’s growing scholastic population dictated the need for a new high school, as students outgrew the campus built on Zaragoza Street twenty years before. Superintendent William Patrick Galligan oversaw construction of a new high school...
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Selena: 0.1 mi
- Virgen de Guadalupe: 0.3 mi
- MAD Hands Mural: 0.4 mi
- Plight of the Monarch: 0.5 mi
- Selena Nunca Te Olvidare: 0.6 mi
- Eliseo Valdez Jr. Park: 0.5 mi
- Dr. Cecilia May Moreno Park: 0.5 mi
- Zacate Creek Linear Park: 0.5 mi
- Bruni Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Scott Street Park: 0.6 mi
- San Bernardo Avenue: 0.2 mi
- The Texas Mexican Railway: 0.6 mi
- Bruni Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Holding Institute(Laredo Seminary): 0.7 mi
- Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986: 0.7 mi
- Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum: 1.1 mi
- Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum: 1.1 mi
- Imaginarium of South Texas: 1.1 mi
- Republic of the Rio Grande Museum: 1.1 mi
- Laredo Water Museum: 1.1 mi
- Osprey Hill: 4.5 mi
- El Pico: 8.2 mi
- Loma de las Potrancas: 17.0 mi
- Mendez Hills: 18.8 mi
- Cerritos Blancos: 20.0 mi
- Islitas: 13.7 mi
- Pescadito: 15.2 mi
- Darwin: 19.9 mi
- Santo Tomás: 21.7 mi
- El Portal: 1.2 mi
- Texas Mexican Railway Co. Car: 1.4 mi
- Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium: 5.8 mi
- Las Palmas Bird Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Riverbend Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Krizia L. Keiser Memorial Garden: 3.3 mi
- TAMIU Garden: 5.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Raymond and Tirza Martin High School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerritos Blancos | NNW 334° | 182 m | 20.0 mi |
| Loma de las Potrancas | NNW 339° | 177 m | 17.0 mi |
| El Pico | NNW 333° | 152 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mendez Hills | SSE 165° | 144 m | 18.8 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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