Nature reserve · Texas

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Myrtle Foster Whitmire Management Unit

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Myrtle Foster Whitmire Management Unit from directly overhead

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Myrtle Foster Whitmire Management Unit is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Old Red Bluff stands 5 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sgt. William Henry Barns, a historic site 1.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

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Coordinates28.50258, -96.52851

10.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
27.7 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Parks18

Bayou View Park: 6.2 mi
Navigation Park: 6.4 mi
Central Park: 6.4 mi
Bayou Bend Park: 6.5 mi
Little Chocolate Bayou Park: 9.3 mi

Ghost towns2

Indianola: 2.6 mi
Linnville: 12.2 mi

Beaches2

King Fisher Beach: 8.3 mi
Lighthouse Beach: 10.7 mi

Museums2

Calhoun County Museum: 9.6 mi
Calhoun County Museum: 9.6 mi

Artworks1

Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle: 2.1 mi

Nature reserves1

Buffalo Lake Overlook, Guadalupe Delta WMA: 18.5 mi

Cliffs1

Red Bluff: 24.7 mi

Peaks1

Old Red Bluff: 24.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Myrtle Foster Whitmire Management Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Old Red Bluff	N 351°	5 m	24.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:31	19:07	19:38
June solstice	06:30	19:53	20:27
September equinox	07:15	18:53	19:24
December solstice	07:15	16:59	17:35

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	56	59	65	71	77	82	84	85	82	76	65	59

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port O'connor, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1301671305

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