Historic site · Texas
Tarpon Inn
Tarpon Inn is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. The nearest named place is Port Aransas Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
building in Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas
Dates from 1886.
Wikidata Q7686598, matched on coordinates and name (31 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1979
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
Coordinates27.83777, -97.06017
- 0.5 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Mustang Island: 0.2 mi
- The Mercer Family on Mustang Island: 0.2 mi
- United States Coast Guard on Mustang Island: 0.3 mi
- Aransas Pass, C.S.A: 0.3 mi
- WWII Bunker Ruins: 0.5 mi
Parks
- Robert's Point Park: 0.4 mi
- UT Wetlands: 0.6 mi
- I B Magee Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond: 0.8 mi
- Port Aransas Community Park: 1.0 mi
Museums: 14
- Port Aransas Museum: 0.2 mi
- Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum: 9.1 mi
- Texas Maritime Museum: 13.1 mi
- Fulton Mansion State Historic Site: 15.2 mi
- USS Lexington Museum on the Bay: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 7
- Holiday Beach: 1.2 mi
- Quarantine Shore: 4.8 mi
- Rockport Beach Park: 13.3 mi
- New Port Pass: 15.8 mi
- J P Luby: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Port Aransas Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Francine Cohn Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 5
- Giant milk bottle: 19.9 mi
- The Great Heron: 20.3 mi
- Orion's Belt: 20.4 mi
- Selena Memorial Statue: 20.4 mi
- Corpus Christi Watergarden: 20.5 mi
Attractions: 4
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 0.4 mi
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 16.5 mi
- Fan Pavillion: 20.3 mi
- American Bank Center: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 3
- Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 20.6 mi
- The Learning Garden: 23.1 mi
- South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Aransas City: 18.6 mi
- Copano: 21.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 1.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
- McGloins Bluff: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 1
- Fourmile Hill: 20.4 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 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 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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