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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 5 m. Candelaria Hill stands 15 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. Texas Tropical Trail passes 7.7 miles off. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates26.59180, -97.64106

38 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 7
  • Divisadero: 11.6 mi
  • Loma Prieta: 14.2 mi
  • Green Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Rincon de San Jose: 16.8 mi
  • Southeast Point: 20.5 mi
Parks: 4
  • Sebastian Park and Sports Facility: 19.4 mi
  • Adolph Thomae Jr. County Park: 22.5 mi
  • Delta Lake Park: 23.3 mi
  • Combes Community Park: 24.7 mi

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Candelaria HillNW 319°15 m23.7 mi
DivisaderoNW 304°12 m11.6 mi
Loma PrietaNW 314°11 m14.2 mi
Goose HillSE 131°8 m20.6 mi
Green HillESE 116°3 m15.9 mi
Southeast PointNNE 30°2 m20.5 mi
Rincon de San JoseNE 37°1 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1219:42
June solstice06:3919:5420:27
September equinox07:2018:5819:28
December solstice07:1517:0917:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606469758085868782766861
Precip in1.01.01.41.43.02.62.52.15.63.00.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raymondville, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1378670082

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