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 84 m. Gongora Hill stands 101 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Starr County Fairgrounds, a park 3.9 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 4.0 miles off. 94 named places lie 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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Coordinates26.43379, -98.78679

4.0 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail

Around it

94 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves50

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 5.1 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 6.3 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 7.0 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 7.2 mi
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge: 7.5 mi

Historic sites23

Fort Ringgold, C.S.A.: 4.1 mi
The Rev. Gustav Gollbach, O.M.I.: 4.2 mi
Jose De Escandon: 4.2 mi
Padre Gustav Gollbach, O.M.I.: 4.2 mi
Fort Ringgold: 4.2 mi

Parks17

Starr County Fairgrounds: 3.9 mi
Basilio Villarreal Municipal Park: 3.9 mi
Fort Ringgold County Park: 3.9 mi
San Juan Plaza: 4.0 mi
Fort Ringgold Historic Site: 4.4 mi

Peaks1

Gongora Hill: 13.8 mi

Museums1

Roma Historical Museum: 16.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Sam Fordyce: 20.7 mi

Gardens1

Butterfly Garden: 24.7 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
Gongora Hill	W 267°	101 m	13.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:40	19:16	19:47
June solstice	06:44	19:58	20:32
September equinox	07:24	19:02	19:33
December solstice	07:20	17:14	17:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381667466

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