Rockport Air Force Station
Rockport Air Force Station is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. The nearest named place is Aransas County Airport, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
Closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station.
Dates from 1959.
Wikidata Q7355537, matched on coordinates and name (314 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2016
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
111 named places within 25 miles
- Aransas County Airport: 0.2 mi
- Site of One of the Homes of James Power: 1.4 mi
- Fulton Cemetery: 1.6 mi
- Fulton Volunteer Fire Department: 1.9 mi
- Fulton Community Church: 2.0 mi
- Copano Bay State Fishing Pier: 3.6 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Seabreeze Park: 4.2 mi
- Rockport Harbor Fairgrounds: 4.5 mi
- Aransas City Park: 13.9 mi
- Fulton Mansion State Historic Site: 2.5 mi
- Texas Maritime Museum: 4.6 mi
- Port Aransas Museum: 17.8 mi
- Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum: 19.0 mi
- Refugio County Museum: 20.6 mi
- Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 5.8 mi
- Port Aransas Nature Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 20.1 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation: 24.4 mi
- Rockport Beach Park: 4.4 mi
- Quarantine Shore: 12.8 mi
- Holiday Beach: 18.9 mi
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 1.2 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 17.7 mi
- Aransas City: 1.6 mi
- Copano: 6.5 mi
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 15.8 mi
- McGloins Bluff: 21.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:33 | 19:54 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:55 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 17:03 | 17:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 82 | 76 | 67 | 59 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockport Aransas CO AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12395029486
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