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Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

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Elevation, modelled
33 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Sunrise Hill25 m · 24.3 mi
Nearest byway
Texas Tropical Trailon it
Sunset, June solstice
20:29local time
Coordinates
26.1427, -98.3158
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 33 m. Sunrise Hill stands 25 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is El Granjeno Cemetery, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail runs past it.

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

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
Sunrise HillENE 78°25 m24.3 mi

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1519:45
June solstice06:4319:5620:29
September equinox07:2319:0119:31
December solstice07:1717:1317:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F636773788488898985797064
Precip in0.80.71.41.42.03.02.01.84.62.11.21.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcallen Miller Intl AP, 5 mi away.

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