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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 18 m. Harmony Hill stands 25 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. Texas Tropical Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand 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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Coordinates26.03802, -97.74684
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • El Ranchito Community Park: 6.8 mi
  • Don Jose Esparza Park: 7.3 mi
  • La Feria Nature Center: 9.0 mi
  • Dixieland Park: 9.1 mi
  • Rangerville Park: 9.2 mi
Museums: 6
Gardens: 3
  • Nature Park Retention Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Nature Park Rain Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 18.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • The History of Mexico & Mankind: 11.1 mi
  • Golden Age of Hollywood & Mexican Cinema in Harlingen, Texas: 11.1 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Harmony Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Sunrise Hill: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
Attractions: 1
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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Harmony HillNW 320°25 m15.9 mi
Sunrise HillNW 317°25 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1219:43
June solstice06:4019:5320:27
September equinox07:2018:5819:29
December solstice07:1517:1117:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F616571768286878783776963
Precip in1.21.21.52.32.72.42.42.15.83.12.01.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harlingen, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381827308

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