Nature reserve · Texas

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Palmito Hill stands 11 m to the southwest, 9.7 miles off. Texas Tropical Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.02933, -97.16179

5.1 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Starhopper: 2.1 mi
Palmetto Pilings: 2.2 mi
Brazos Santiago Pass and Brazos Island Military Depot: 2.8 mi
Brazos Santiago, C.S.A.: 2.8 mi
1923 Point Isabel Coast Guard Building: 3.1 mi

Parks58

Isla Blanca Park: 2.9 mi
Queen Isabella Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
Port Isabel Veterans Park: 3.9 mi
Washington Park: 4.1 mi
Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site: 4.4 mi

Nature reserves30

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 1.3 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 1.5 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 1.8 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 5.1 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 6.3 mi

Peaks10

Loma de la Draga: 3.6 mi
Loma del Islote: 3.9 mi
Loma del Mesquite: 4.2 mi
Loma la Cuchilla: 6.7 mi
Loma Tio Alejos: 8.3 mi

Museums7

Treasures of the Gulf Museum: 4.3 mi
Port Isabel Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
Children’s Museum of Brownsville: 22.2 mi
Historic Brownsville Museum: 22.6 mi
Brownsville Heritage Museum: 22.6 mi

Artworks6

Jesus Christ of the Fisherman Statue: 2.8 mi
Grid Fin: 3.4 mi
Mars Base Mural: 3.5 mi
DOGE: 11.2 mi
Occupy Mars - Elon Musk Wall: 11.2 mi

Beaches5

Isla Blanca Beach: 3.0 mi
Aurora 19 Public Beach Access: 6.5 mi
South Padre Island Nude Beach: 12.1 mi
Thrive Beach: 15.2 mi
UFO Beach (clothing optional): 18.4 mi

Attractions3

Gardens3

Nature Park Rain Garden: 19.7 mi
Nature Park Retention Garden: 19.8 mi
Butterfly Garden: 22.2 mi

Picnic sites2

Prairie Island Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
Nature Park Picnic Area: 19.7 mi

Cliffs1

Red Head Bluff: 22.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Palmito Hill	SW 231°	11 m	9.7 mi
Loma la Cuchilla	WNW 295°	9 m	6.7 mi
Loma de la Jauja	WSW 242°	9 m	10.2 mi
Loma del Mesquite	WNW 285°	8 m	4.2 mi
Loma Tio Alejos	WSW 237°	7 m	8.3 mi
Loma del Islote	WNW 296°	6 m	3.9 mi
Loma la Lauja	NW 304°	6 m	11.8 mi
Loma de la Montuosa Chica	WSW 246°	3 m	13.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:33	19:10	19:40
June solstice	06:38	19:51	20:24
September equinox	07:18	18:56	19:26
December solstice	07:12	17:08	17:43

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	61	64	69	74	79	83	84	85	83	79	72	64

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Padre IS, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1380366758

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