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Taft Blackland Museum

Taft Blackland Museum from directly overhead

Taft Blackland Museum is a museum in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Texas Tropical Trail passes 4.2 miles off.

About

The story

city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States

Wikidata Q981967, matched on coordinates and name (184 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 15 m

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates27.98012, -97.39366

4.2 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Overlooks nearby

Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center · 22 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company: 0.1 mi
First United Methodist Church of Taft: 0.1 mi
First Presbyterian Church of Taft: 0.1 mi
President William Howard Taft Visits Taft: 0.2 mi
Taft Agricultural Industrial Complex: 0.4 mi

Parks

Taft City Park: 0.1 mi
Briar Park: 7.2 mi
Chatwork Park: 7.3 mi
Hunt Municipal Park: 7.4 mi
Willacy Park: 8.0 mi

Museums14

Taft Blackland Museum: 0.1 mi
USS Lexington Museum on the Bay: 11.4 mi
Art Museum of South Texas: 11.7 mi
Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History: 11.7 mi
Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures: 11.8 mi

Nature reserves9

Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation: 10.2 mi
Pollywog Pond Bird & Wildlife Sanctuary: 15.4 mi
Pelican Island Sanctuary: 18.4 mi
Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge: 19.2 mi
Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 20.5 mi

Artworks5

Giant milk bottle: 10.5 mi
Corpus Christi Watergarden: 11.8 mi
Orion's Belt: 12.3 mi
Selena Memorial Statue: 12.7 mi
The Great Heron: 21.9 mi

Beaches5

Corpus Christi North Beach: 10.7 mi
University Beach: 18.8 mi
Quarantine Shore: 21.1 mi
Rockport Beach Park: 21.8 mi
Holiday Beach: 23.1 mi

Attractions4

Fan Pavillion: 11.3 mi
American Bank Center: 11.9 mi
Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 22.2 mi
Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 22.7 mi

Gardens3

Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 12.0 mi
The Learning Garden: 12.8 mi
South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center: 22.4 mi

Rest areas2

San Patricio County Northbound Rest Area: 15.8 mi
San Patricio County Southbound Rest Area: 16.0 mi

Ghost towns2

Copano: 19.7 mi
Aransas City: 24.3 mi

Cliffs1

McGloins Bluff: 15.1 mi

Lighthouses1

Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 22.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:34	19:10	19:41
June solstice	06:35	19:55	20:30
September equinox	07:19	18:57	19:27
December solstice	07:18	17:04	17:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	55	59	64	70	77	82	83	84	80	73	63	57
Precip in	2.0	2.0	2.8	1.9	3.4	3.8	3.4	3.0	5.7	3.7	2.6	2.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Welder Wildlife Foundation, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/368165524

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