Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary
Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Rattlesnake Mound stands 2 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Port Bolivar Community Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Audubon Society
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Port Bolivar Community Park: 0.4 mi
- Fort Travis Seashore Park: 0.9 mi
- Galveston Naval Museum: 3.3 mi
- Big Reef Nature Park: 3.3 mi
- R.A. Apffel Park: 3.5 mi
- Bolivar Point: 0.7 mi
- Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long: 0.7 mi
- Point Bolivar: 0.8 mi
- Fort Travis: 0.8 mi
- SS Selma: 3.1 mi
- Sail of USS Tautog: 3.2 mi
- Conning Tower of USS Carp: 3.2 mi
- USS Cavalla: 3.2 mi
- USS Stewart: 3.3 mi
- Elissa: 5.2 mi
- East Beach: 3.4 mi
- East Beach: 4.2 mi
- Bolivar Beach: 4.3 mi
- Stewart Beach: 4.9 mi
- Stewart Beach Park: 5.0 mi
- Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig Museum: 5.0 mi
- Galveston Historic Seaport: 5.0 mi
- Texas Seaport Museum: 5.2 mi
- Galveston Railroad Museum: 5.4 mi
- Galveston County Historical Museum: 5.4 mi
- Gleaves T. James Rose Garden: 4.9 mi
- Carol's Garden: 5.5 mi
- Harris Garden: 5.7 mi
- Oleander Garden Park: 5.8 mi
- Galveston Garden Club: 6.6 mi
- Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- East End Lagoon Nature Perserve: 3.5 mi
- Lafitte's Cove Nature Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge: 17.7 mi
- Dos Vacas Muertas Bird Sanctuary: 23.4 mi
- Bolivar Point: 0.7 mi
- "Grandmother Reading to Her Grandchildren" Tree Sculpture: 5.1 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 24.9 mi
- Mary Moody Northern Ampitheater: 16.8 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 22.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 24.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mound | WSW 241° | 2 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | NNW 332° | 0 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:59 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:48 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:46 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:50 | 17:26 |
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 | 58 | 64 | 69 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 74 | 65 | 58 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Galveston, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1294585400
Take the scenic way to Horseshoe Marsh Bird Sanctuary.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.