Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Arroyo Colorado Unit
Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Arroyo Colorado Unit is a nature reserve in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Loma la Cuchilla stands 9 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 6.6 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 13 miles off. 175 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
175 named places within 25 miles
- Adolph Thomae Jr. County Park: 7.4 mi
- Rio Hondo County Park: 7.7 mi
- Harlingen Soccer Complex: 12.2 mi
- Pendleton Park: 12.8 mi
- Hugh Ramsey Nature Park: 13.1 mi
- Stagecoach to the Rio Grande, C.S.A.: 7.2 mi
- Arroyo Colorado Lift Bridge: 7.3 mi
- Iwo Jima Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Harlingen Army Airfield and Harlingen Air Force Base: 11.9 mi
- Original Sam Houston School: 14.1 mi
- Goose Hill: 9.2 mi
- Green Hill: 13.5 mi
- Loma la Lauja: 18.2 mi
- Los Tanques: 18.9 mi
- Loma la Cuchilla: 23.5 mi
- UFO Beach (clothing optional): 19.9 mi
- Thrive Beach: 21.0 mi
- South Padre Island Nude Beach: 22.4 mi
- Prairie Island Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Nature Park Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas: 14.3 mi
- The History of Mexico & Mankind: 14.5 mi
- Nature Park Retention Garden: 16.8 mi
- Nature Park Rain Garden: 16.8 mi
- Red Head Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Harlingen Arts and Heritage Museum: 11.9 mi
- Santa Rita: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Arroyo Colorado Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma la Cuchilla | SE 138° | 9 m | 23.5 mi |
| Goose Hill | NE 56° | 8 m | 9.2 mi |
| Loma la Lauja | SE 138° | 6 m | 18.2 mi |
| Green Hill | NNE 29° | 3 m | 13.5 mi |
| Los Tanques | E 84° | 1 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:11 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:39 | 19:53 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 17:09 | 17:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 61 | 65 | 70 | 76 | 81 | 85 | 86 | 86 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 62 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harlingen RIO Grande VLY Intl, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356849089
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