Historic site · Texas
Site of Heldenfels Shipyard
Site of Heldenfels Shipyard is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. The nearest named place is Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1996
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
Coordinates28.00499, -97.06064
- 0.3 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- The Cedars: 0.6 mi
- Hynes-Balthrope House: 0.9 mi
- Mathis House: 1.1 mi
- Baylor-Norvell House: 1.1 mi
- Moore House: 1.2 mi
Parks: 43
- Rockport Harbor Fairgrounds: 1.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
- Seabreeze Park: 2.4 mi
- Aransas City Park: 8.2 mi
- Copano Bay State Fishing Pier: 9.5 mi
Museums: 13
- Texas Maritime Museum: 1.6 mi
- Fulton Mansion State Historic Site: 3.9 mi
- Port Aransas Museum: 11.7 mi
- Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum: 13.5 mi
- Taft Blackland Museum: 20.4 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
- Port Aransas Nature Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 14.1 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Francine Cohn Preserve: 20.2 mi
Beaches: 4
- Rockport Beach Park: 2.1 mi
- Quarantine Shore: 6.7 mi
- Holiday Beach: 12.8 mi
- Corpus Christi North Beach: 23.3 mi
Attractions: 4
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 5.1 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 11.6 mi
- Fan Pavillion: 24.1 mi
- American Bank Center: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 4
- Giant milk bottle: 23.3 mi
- Corpus Christi Watergarden: 24.4 mi
- Orion's Belt: 24.6 mi
- Selena Memorial Statue: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Aransas City: 7.3 mi
- Copano: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
- McGloins Bluff: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 1
- Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 24.7 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
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