- Elevation, modelled
- 1 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Big Hill1 m · 24.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Tropical Trail4.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:28local time
- Coordinates
- 27.8190, -97.1536
Pelican Island Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled 1 m. Big Hill stands 1 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is McGloins Bluff, a cliff 4.0 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 4.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Operated by
- Texas Audubon Society
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pelican Island Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill | SSW 201° | 1 m | 24.2 mi |
- 4.0 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Ingleside: 4.2 mi
- Early Ingleside Schools: 4.2 mi
- Late Pleistocene Ingleside Fauna: 4.5 mi
- CONN BROWN HARBOR PARK: 5.7 mi
- G.E. "BILL" MINTER SHRIMP INDUSTRY FOUNDER: 5.7 mi
- Live Oak Park: 4.2 mi
- Town Center: 4.2 mi
- Great Lawn: 4.3 mi
- Butterfly Park: 4.4 mi
- Hummingbird Park: 4.4 mi
- Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
- Port Aransas Museum: 5.8 mi
- USS Lexington Museum on the Bay: 14.4 mi
- Art Museum of South Texas: 14.6 mi
- Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History: 14.8 mi
- Holiday Beach: 5.7 mi
- Quarantine Shore: 8.4 mi
- University Beach: 12.5 mi
- New Port Pass: 12.6 mi
- J P Luby: 13.8 mi
- Port Aransas Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Shamrock Island Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Francine Cohn Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge: 13.6 mi
- Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 14.4 mi
- Giant milk bottle: 14.2 mi
- Selena Memorial Statue: 14.6 mi
- Orion's Belt: 14.6 mi
- Corpus Christi Watergarden: 14.7 mi
- The Great Heron: 15.0 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 5.4 mi
- Fan Pavillion: 14.5 mi
- American Bank Center: 14.7 mi
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 19.2 mi
- Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 14.8 mi
- The Learning Garden: 17.3 mi
- South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center: 19.1 mi
- Fourmile Hill: 17.1 mi
- Big Hill: 24.2 mi
- Aransas City: 21.3 mi
- Copano: 22.6 mi
- McGloins Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:09 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 19:54 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:56 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 17:04 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 77 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 59 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Aransas, 5 mi away.
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