Camp Huisache
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Camp Huisache is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Cerritos Blancos stands 182 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Osprey Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 3.0 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1996
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Casa Blanca International State Park: 0.6 mi
- El Ranchito Group Facility: 0.9 mi
- Arturo N. Benavides Sr. Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Thomas Pool and Pavillion: 2.7 mi
- Cheyenne Park: 2.7 mi
- El Sol sale para Todos: 2.9 mi
- Jovita Idar Memorial: 3.0 mi
- No More Mural: 3.0 mi
- Childhood Cancer Awareness: 3.2 mi
- Rudolfo Anaya Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Deaf Smith: 1.5 mi
- Laredo Air Force Base: 1.7 mi
- Radcliffe Killam: 2.4 mi
- City Cemetery: 3.3 mi
- Bishop Peter Verdaguer: 3.4 mi
- Osprey Hill: 0.4 mi
- El Pico: 10.3 mi
- Loma de las Potrancas: 18.0 mi
- Mendez Hills: 19.7 mi
- Cerritos Blancos: 21.4 mi
- Villa Antigua Border Heritage Museum: 5.3 mi
- Washington's Birthday Celebration Museum: 5.4 mi
- Republic of the Rio Grande Museum: 5.4 mi
- Laredo Water Museum: 5.9 mi
- Imaginarium of South Texas: 6.0 mi
- Pescadito: 10.6 mi
- Islitas: 16.4 mi
- Darwin: 22.8 mi
- Santo Tomás: 24.4 mi
- Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium: 2.4 mi
- El Portal: 5.6 mi
- Texas Mexican Railway Co. Car: 6.2 mi
- TAMIU Garden: 2.2 mi
- Krizia L. Keiser Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
- Las Palmas Bird Sanctuary: 5.1 mi
- Riverbend Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Huisache. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerritos Blancos | NW 320° | 182 m | 21.4 mi |
| Loma de las Potrancas | NW 323° | 177 m | 18.0 mi |
| Cerrito Prieto | ESE 120° | 172 m | 21.7 mi |
| El Pico | NW 305° | 152 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mendez Hills | S 180° | 144 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:19 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:44 | 20:03 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:05 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 17:14 | 17:49 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 63 | 69 | 76 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 83 | 76 | 66 | 59 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laredo Intl AP, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer34 obs
- Osprey34 obs
- Cactus Wren33 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle31 obs
- Snowy Egret30 obs
- Least Sandpiper28 obs
- honey mesquite28 obs
- Blackbrush Acacia26 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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