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United States Colored Troops

United States Colored Troops from directly overhead

United States Colored Troops is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Palmito Hill stands 11 m to the west-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Belknap, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 157 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2017
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates25.96742, -97.20661

5.1 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

157 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites58

Camp Belknap: 1.5 mi
B12: 1.6 mi
S20: 1.6 mi
Palmetto Pilings: 3.7 mi
Starhopper: 3.7 mi

Parks58

Port Isabel Veterans Park: 7.1 mi
Washington Park: 7.2 mi
Buelah Lee Park: 7.5 mi
Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site: 7.6 mi
St. Andrew's Park: 7.7 mi

Peaks9

Loma Tio Alejos: 4.2 mi
Palmito Hill: 5.1 mi
Loma de la Draga: 5.3 mi
Loma del Mesquite: 5.5 mi
Loma del Islote: 6.1 mi

Museums7

Port Isabel Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
Treasures of the Gulf Museum: 7.5 mi
Children’s Museum of Brownsville: 18.3 mi
Brownsville Heritage Museum: 18.6 mi
Stillman House Museum: 18.6 mi

Artworks6

Mars Base Mural: 1.7 mi
Grid Fin: 1.7 mi
DOGE: 7.1 mi
Occupy Mars - Elon Musk Wall: 7.1 mi
Elon Musk Statue: 7.2 mi

Beaches5

Isla Blanca Beach: 7.9 mi
Aurora 19 Public Beach Access: 11.0 mi
South Padre Island Nude Beach: 16.5 mi
Thrive Beach: 19.4 mi
UFO Beach (clothing optional): 22.6 mi

Nature reserves4

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 3.3 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Voshell Unit: 14.9 mi
Sabal Palm Sanctuary: 15.5 mi
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Brasil Unit: 22.2 mi

Attractions3

Gardens3

Butterfly Garden: 18.1 mi
Nature Park Rain Garden: 18.4 mi
Nature Park Retention Garden: 18.4 mi

Picnic sites2

Nature Park Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
Prairie Island Picnic Area: 19.9 mi

Ghost towns1

Santa Rita: 24.4 mi

Cliffs1

Red Head Bluff: 24.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Palmito Hill	WSW 250°	11 m	5.1 mi
Loma de la Jauja	W 266°	9 m	6.2 mi
Loma la Cuchilla	NNW 335°	9 m	7.8 mi
Loma del Mesquite	NNW 347°	8 m	5.5 mi
Loma Tio Alejos	W 268°	7 m	4.2 mi
Loma del Islote	N 353°	6 m	6.1 mi
Loma la Lauja	NNW 327°	6 m	12.9 mi
Loma de la Montuosa Chica	W 263°	3 m	9.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:34	19:10	19:41
June solstice	06:38	19:51	20:24
September equinox	07:18	18:56	19:27
December solstice	07:12	17:09	17:43

Local time (America/Matamoros).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	61	64	69	74	79	83	84	85	83	79	72	64

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Padre IS, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971383655

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