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 36 m. Texas Tropical Trail passes 1.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates26.21478, -98.41805

1.7 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 1.0 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 1.0 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 1.2 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 1.6 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 1.8 mi

Parks

Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Kiskadee Unit: 1.3 mi
Ala Blanca Park: 3.9 mi
Bentsen Palm Community Park: 3.9 mi
Nell Tolle Park: 4.5 mi
La Joya Baseball Park: 4.5 mi

Historic sites

Peñitas Cemetery: 1.8 mi
Peñitas: 2.0 mi
Peñitas: 2.0 mi
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park: 3.1 mi
Nellie Leo Schunior School: 4.6 mi

Attractions3

Hawk observation deck: 3.9 mi
R&N Thrift: 10.4 mi
Topgolf: 13.5 mi

Museums3

Old Hidalgo Pumphouse: 12.7 mi
Hidalgo County Historical Museum: 17.0 mi
Museum of South Texas History: 17.0 mi

Artworks3

Jose de Escandon Statue: 16.2 mi
Bronc Statue: 16.3 mi
Sundial: 16.6 mi

Gardens2

Mcallen Community Garden: 11.7 mi
Greenhouse and Garden: 16.7 mi

Ghost towns1

Sam Fordyce: 6.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:38	19:15	19:45
June solstice	06:43	19:56	20:30
September equinox	07:23	19:01	19:31
December solstice	07:18	17:13	17:47

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	58	63	68	74	80	84	85	86	82	75	67	59
Precip in	0.8	0.9	1.4	1.7	1.9	1.9	2.2	1.2	3.5	2.2	1.1	1.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Joya, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381292670

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