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San Bernardo Avenue

San Bernardo Avenue from directly overhead

San Bernardo Avenue 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
2006
Material
aluminium
Inscription
San Bernardo Avenue, which began as a commercial road in Laredo, became known as the San Antonio Highway by 1938, replacing the earlier route along Santa Maria Avenue. Due to the anticipated increase in tourism, San Bernardo Avenue property started to...

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Historical Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates27.52058, -99.50458

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Selena: 0.1 mi
  • Plight of the Monarch: 0.3 mi
  • Virgen de Guadalupe: 0.3 mi
  • MAD Hands Mural: 0.4 mi
  • Mi Rio Grande: 0.5 mi
Parks
  • Eliseo Valdez Jr. Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dr. Cecilia May Moreno Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lamar Bruni Vergara Inner City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Zacate Creek Linear Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dr. Martha E. Villarreal Park: 0.6 mi
Museums: 5
Peaks: 5
  • Osprey Hill: 4.4 mi
  • El Pico: 8.0 mi
  • Loma de las Potrancas: 16.8 mi
  • Mendez Hills: 19.0 mi
  • Cerritos Blancos: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
  • El Portal: 1.4 mi
  • Texas Mexican Railway Co. Car: 1.5 mi
  • Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of San Bernardo Avenue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cerritos BlancosNNW 333°182 m19.8 mi
Loma de las PotrancasNNW 338°177 m16.8 mi
El PicoNNW 332°152 m8.0 mi
Mendez HillsSSE 166°144 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1919:50
June solstice06:4420:0320:37
September equinox07:2719:0519:36
December solstice07:2517:1417:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F586369768287888983766659
Precip in0.90.81.61.52.82.52.11.73.61.71.01.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laredo Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12454134004

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