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Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Maderas del Carmen

Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Maderas del Carmen from directly overhead

Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Maderas del Carmen is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 815 m. Lost Mine Peak stands 2,262 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tierra Silvestre Cañón del Diablo, a nature reserve 8.1 miles away. 37 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

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Coordinates29.26012, -102.87357
Around it

37 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
  • Sierra Larga: 12.8 mi
  • Sue Peaks: 12.8 mi
  • Roys Peak: 12.9 mi
  • Banta Shut-In: 13.4 mi
  • Black Knob: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Fossil Bone Exhibit: 19.3 mi
  • Balanced Rock: 22.0 mi
  • Big Bend NP: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Tierra Silvestre Cañón del Diablo: 8.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Glenn Spring: 18.1 mi
Parks: 1
  • Big Bend National Park: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna Maderas del Carmen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lost Mine PeakW 273°2,262 m23.2 mi
Crown MountainW 270°2,132 m23.3 mi
Panther PeakW 277°1,951 m22.2 mi
Pummel PeakW 275°1,920 m20.8 mi
Mount HuffmanW 273°1,918 m24.9 mi
Sue PeaksNNW 330°1,780 m12.8 mi
Elephant TuskWSW 253°1,572 m24.8 mi
Stuarts PeakNNW 332°1,545 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5619:3220:03
June solstice06:5420:2020:55
September equinox07:4119:1819:49
December solstice07:4217:2317:58

Local time (America/Matamoros).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Apr, Oct–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505665738288878681725951
Precip in0.40.40.30.41.01.31.40.90.70.90.60.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boquillas RS, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree tobacco4 obs
  • Spiny Fruit Prickly Pear3 obs
  • Big Bend Slider2 obs
  • giant reed2 obs
  • Creosote Bush2 obs
  • Chautle Livingrock2 obs
  • Stinging Serpent2 obs
  • Texas lignum-vitae2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/814747559

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