Shamrock Island Preserve
Shamrock Island Preserve is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Big Hill stands 1 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Francine Cohn Preserve, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 2.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- The Nature Conservancy
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Center: 4.0 mi
- Great Lawn: 4.0 mi
- Butterfly Park: 4.0 mi
- Hummingbird Park: 4.1 mi
- Live Oak Park: 7.0 mi
- Ingleside: 6.2 mi
- Early Ingleside Schools: 6.2 mi
- Late Pleistocene Ingleside Fauna: 7.9 mi
- The Mercer Family on Mustang Island: 8.4 mi
- Mustang Island: 8.4 mi
- Ingleside on the Bay Historical Society Museum: 7.2 mi
- Port Aransas Museum: 8.4 mi
- USS Lexington Museum on the Bay: 14.0 mi
- Texas Surf Museum: 14.0 mi
- Art Museum of South Texas: 14.1 mi
- Holiday Beach: 7.8 mi
- New Port Pass: 8.3 mi
- J P Luby: 9.5 mi
- University Beach: 9.8 mi
- Quarantine Shore: 12.3 mi
- Francine Cohn Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Port Aransas Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge: 10.9 mi
- Redhead Pond Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- The Great Heron: 11.7 mi
- Selena Memorial Statue: 13.8 mi
- Orion's Belt: 13.9 mi
- Giant milk bottle: 14.1 mi
- Corpus Christi Watergarden: 14.2 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 8.2 mi
- American Bank Center: 14.1 mi
- Fan Pavillion: 14.2 mi
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 23.3 mi
- Fourmile Hill: 12.8 mi
- Big Hill: 20.1 mi
- Little Dagger Hill: 22.5 mi
- Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 14.3 mi
- South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center: 16.1 mi
- The Learning Garden: 16.5 mi
- McGloins Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shamrock Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill | SSW 203° | 1 m | 20.1 mi |
| Little Dagger Hill | SSW 203° | 1 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:10 | 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 59 | 64 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 82 | 76 | 67 | 59 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Aransas 11 SSW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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