San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad in Rockport, The
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad in Rockport, The is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. The nearest named place is Richard Henry Wood House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
City in and county seat of Aransas County, Texas, United States.
Dates from 1870-08-18.
Wikidata Q982338, matched on coordinates and name (844 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1994
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
118 named places within 25 miles
- Richard Henry Wood House: 0.1 mi
- Rockport Pilot: 0.1 mi
- Site of Aransas Hotel: 0.1 mi
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church: 0.2 mi
- Jackson Family Maritime Companies: 0.2 mi
- Rockport Harbor Fairgrounds: 0.3 mi
- Seabreeze Park: 1.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Copano Bay State Fishing Pier: 8.1 mi
- Aransas City Park: 9.5 mi
- Texas Maritime Museum: 0.3 mi
- Fulton Mansion State Historic Site: 2.5 mi
- Port Aransas Museum: 13.0 mi
- Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum: 14.8 mi
- Taft Blackland Museum: 21.1 mi
- Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- Port Aransas Nature Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 15.5 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Francine Cohn Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Rockport Beach Park: 0.8 mi
- Quarantine Shore: 8.0 mi
- Holiday Beach: 14.1 mi
- Corpus Christi North Beach: 24.5 mi
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 3.7 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 12.9 mi
- Aransas City: 5.9 mi
- Copano: 9.7 mi
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- McGloins Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Giant milk bottle: 24.5 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 | 56 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 79 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 83 | 75 | 66 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockport, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/6253838583
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