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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 7 m. Palmito Hill stands 11 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. Texas Tropical Trail passes 4.4 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates26.13883, -97.51404
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Laureles County Park: 2.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
  • Los Fresnos Nature Park: 4.8 mi
  • City Park: 5.0 mi
  • Saint Francis of Assisi Park: 5.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks: 11
  • Loma la Lauja: 12.1 mi
  • Loma de la Montuosa Chica: 16.3 mi
  • Loma la Cuchilla: 16.5 mi
  • Loma de la Jauja: 17.8 mi
  • Loma del Mesquite: 19.0 mi
Museums: 8
Artworks: 8
Beaches: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Nature Park Retention Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Nature Park Rain Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 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
Palmito HillSE 134°11 m19.8 mi
Loma la CuchillaESE 107°9 m16.5 mi
Loma de la JaujaSE 134°9 m17.8 mi
Loma del MesquiteESE 110°8 m19.0 mi
Goose HillNNE 23°8 m19.3 mi
Loma Tio AlejosSE 129°7 m19.1 mi
Loma la LaujaE 95°6 m12.1 mi
Loma del IsloteESE 108°6 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:1119:42
June solstice06:3919:5220:26
September equinox07:1918:5719:28
December solstice07:1417:1017:44

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1380366737

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