Historic site · Texas
Seaman's Memorial Tower
Seaman's Memorial Tower is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. The nearest named place is G.E. "BILL" MINTER SHRIMP INDUSTRY FOUNDER, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 0.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates27.90055, -97.13620
- 0.2 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- G.E. "BILL" MINTER SHRIMP INDUSTRY FOUNDER: 0.1 mi
- CONN BROWN HARBOR PARK: 0.1 mi
- Terminal Railroad: 0.4 mi
- Aransas Pass First Baptist Church: 0.7 mi
- Great Land Lottery of Aransas Pass: 1.0 mi
Parks
- Aransas City Park: 0.9 mi
- Community Park: 1.7 mi
- N.O. Simmons Park: 4.4 mi
- Ingleside City Park: 5.2 mi
- Live Oak Park: 5.6 mi
Museums: 14
- Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum: 5.2 mi
- Port Aransas Museum: 6.4 mi
- Texas Maritime Museum: 10.2 mi
- Fulton Mansion State Historic Site: 12.5 mi
- USS Lexington Museum on the Bay: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Port Aransas Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 8.9 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Francine Cohn Preserve: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 7
- Quarantine Shore: 4.8 mi
- Holiday Beach: 7.2 mi
- Rockport Beach Park: 10.6 mi
- Corpus Christi North Beach: 16.0 mi
- University Beach: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 5
- Giant milk bottle: 16.1 mi
- Corpus Christi Watergarden: 17.0 mi
- Orion's Belt: 17.0 mi
- Selena Memorial Statue: 17.1 mi
- The Great Heron: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 4
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 6.1 mi
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 13.6 mi
- Fan Pavillion: 16.7 mi
- American Bank Center: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 3
- Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 17.2 mi
- The Learning Garden: 19.6 mi
- South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Aransas City: 15.8 mi
- Copano: 17.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
- McGloins Bluff: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 1
- Fourmile Hill: 22.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 19:54 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:56 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 17:03 | 17:39 |
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 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 59 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Aransas, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
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