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 41 m. The nearest named place is Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - La Grulla Unit, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 3.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates26.24875, -98.64973

3.9 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 0.4 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 0.5 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 0.6 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 0.7 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 1.0 mi

Parks47

Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - La Grulla Unit: 0.4 mi
Los Ebanos Park: 5.5 mi
La Joya Baseball Park: 10.1 mi
Basilio Villarreal Municipal Park: 13.0 mi
Fort Ringgold Historic Site: 13.1 mi

Historic sites36

Attractions2

Hawk observation deck: 17.5 mi
R&N Thrift: 24.9 mi

Ghost towns1

Sam Fordyce: 7.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:39	18:16	18:46
June solstice	05:44	18:57	19:31
September equinox	06:24	18:02	18:32
December solstice	07:19	17:14	17:48

Local time (America/Monterrey).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	58	63	69	76	82	86	87	87	83	76	67	59
Precip in	0.8	1.0	1.3	1.0	2.8	2.8	2.0	1.3	5.1	2.5	1.1	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RIO Grande City, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/1381214612

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