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Port Isabel Historical Museum

Port Isabel Historical Museum from directly overhead

Port Isabel Historical Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Palmito Hill stands 11 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Treasures of the Gulf Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

city in Cameron County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q982504, matched on coordinates and name (609 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates26.07633, -97.20804
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks: 60
  • Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site: 0.1 mi
  • Buelah Lee Park: 0.3 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.3 mi
  • Port Isabel Veterans Park: 0.5 mi
  • St. Andrew's Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves: 40
Peaks: 11
  • Loma del Islote: 1.6 mi
  • Loma de la Draga: 2.4 mi
  • Loma del Mesquite: 2.5 mi
  • Loma la Cuchilla: 3.2 mi
  • Loma la Lauja: 7.7 mi
Museums: 6
Artworks: 6
Beaches: 5
Attractions: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Nature Park Rain Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Nature Park Retention Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Palmito HillSSW 207°11 m10.4 mi
Loma la CuchillaW 262°9 m3.2 mi
Loma de la JaujaSW 217°9 m10.1 mi
Loma del MesquiteSSW 208°8 m2.5 mi
Goose HillNNW 333°8 m24.8 mi
Loma Tio AlejosSSW 208°7 m8.7 mi
Loma del IsloteSSW 203°6 m1.6 mi
Loma la LaujaWNW 296°6 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:1019:41
June solstice06:3819:5120:25
September equinox07:1818:5619:27
December solstice07:1317:0817:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606468747983848581776962
Precip in1.41.21.71.62.43.12.31.96.13.91.81.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Isabel, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368165683

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