Mad Island Wildlife Management Area
Mad Island Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Pepper Hill stands 3 m to the west-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fisher-Sargent-Gottschalk House, a historic site 4.0 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 8.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Fisher-Sargent-Gottschalk House: 4.0 mi
- Site of Dream Colony of Jane McManus: 4.1 mi
- Old Matagorda Post Office: 4.1 mi
- Old Matagorda Post Office: 4.1 mi
- Early Texas Freighting: 4.1 mi
- Matagorda Bay Nature Park: 5.2 mi
- FM 521 River Park: 8.7 mi
- Palacious Bay Beach: 11.3 mi
- City Park: 11.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 17.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 21.9 mi
- Herb garden: 21.9 mi
- Palm and Bamboo Gardens: 21.9 mi
- Palm and Bamboo Gardens: 21.9 mi
- Palm and Bamboo Gardens: 21.9 mi
- Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge: 14.5 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 16.6 mi
- Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge: 17.1 mi
- Matagorda County Birding Nature Center: 22.0 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 22.0 mi
- Matagorda County Museum: 21.2 mi
- Museum Annex: 22.2 mi
- Matagorda County Museum: 22.2 mi
- Matagorda Beach: 6.2 mi
- Pepper Hill: 9.9 mi
- Metal Rooster: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mad Island Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper Hill | WNW 299° | 3 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:05 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 19:51 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:51 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:57 | 17:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 72 | 62 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Matagorda NO 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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