U. S. Naval Air Station (Blimp Base)
U. S. Naval Air Station (Blimp Base) is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Hoskins Mound stands 9 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Jack Brooks Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 5.8 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1989
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Jack Brooks Park: 0.5 mi
- Carbide Park: 2.5 mi
- Santa Fe Girls Softball: 3.3 mi
- Westlawn Park: 3.4 mi
- Bobby Beach Park: 3.5 mi
- City of Hitchcock: 0.8 mi
- Hitchcock Depot: 1.5 mi
- Stringfellow Orchards: 1.7 mi
- Miller-Brautigam Home: 2.3 mi
- Original Site of First Baptist Church of Alta Loma: 2.4 mi
- Moody Gardens: 12.9 mi
- NASA 968: 13.6 mi
- NASA 900: 13.6 mi
- Falcon 9 Rocket: 13.8 mi
- Kids Space Place: 13.8 mi
- Texas City Museum: 8.8 mi
- Alvin Museum: 12.0 mi
- Space Center Houston: 13.8 mi
- Bay Area Museum: 14.6 mi
- Frank J. Brown Heritage Museum and Barn: 15.0 mi
- Jamaica Beach: 12.0 mi
- Pirates' Beach: 12.5 mi
- Bermuda Beach: 12.6 mi
- Galveston Beach: 12.6 mi
- West Beach: 12.7 mi
- Windsor Court Gardens: 15.2 mi
- Carol's Garden: 15.2 mi
- Galveston Garden Club: 15.3 mi
- Oleander Garden Park: 15.4 mi
- Harris Garden: 15.7 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 6.9 mi
- Lafitte's Cove Nature Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Dos Vacas Muertas Bird Sanctuary: 14.8 mi
- Armand Bayou Nature Center: 16.2 mi
- Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 17.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 11.3 mi
- Mary Moody Northern Ampitheater: 11.8 mi
- Hoskins Mound: 18.7 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 22.1 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 24.7 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 15.9 mi
- "Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" Tree Sculpture: 16.3 mi
- Bolivar Point: 17.2 mi
- pear: 24.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of U. S. Naval Air Station (Blimp Base). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskins Mound | SW 216° | 9 m | 18.7 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | N 4° | 3 m | 24.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mound | SSW 201° | 2 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | NNE 18° | 0 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:49 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:47 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:51 | 17:27 |
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 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 72 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Nwso, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12403616645
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