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The Mier Expedition

The Mier Expedition from directly overhead

The Mier Expedition is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Gongora Hill stands 101 m to the east, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Roma Community Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail runs past it. 59 named places lie within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1936
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.42385, -99.02251

On the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

59 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves22

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 0.9 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 2.2 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 4.1 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 5.0 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 5.1 mi

Historic sites20

Parks14

Roma Community Park: 0.6 mi
Bicentennial Plaza: 1.5 mi
Roma Municipal Park: 2.1 mi
Plaza San Juan: 4.0 mi
Fronton Plaza: 4.1 mi

Peaks1

Gongora Hill: 0.8 mi

Museums1

Roma Historical Museum: 11.1 mi

Gardens1

Butterfly Garden: 13.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Gongora Hill	E 91°	101 m	0.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:41	19:17	19:48
June solstice	06:45	19:59	20:33
September equinox	07:25	19:03	19:34
December solstice	07:21	17:15	17:49

Local time (America/Matamoros).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	60	65	72	78	84	89	89	90	85	78	69	61
Precip in	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.2	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.6	4.9	1.4	1.3	1.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falcon DAM, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/12453505931

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