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Texas Travel Information Center at Laredo

Texas Travel Information Center at Laredo from directly overhead

Texas Travel Information Center at Laredo is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Loma Caliche stands 241 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is La Primavera Park, a park 9.9 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 18 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates27.75973, -99.43692

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • La Primavera Park: 9.9 mi
  • Green Ranch Park: 10.1 mi
  • John Valls Park: 10.7 mi
  • Chimayo Park: 11.3 mi
  • Robert Muller Park: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 53
Artworks
Peaks: 7
  • Loma de las Potrancas: 10.4 mi
  • Cerrito Prieto: 11.1 mi
  • El Pico: 12.3 mi
  • Cerritos Blancos: 13.1 mi
  • Osprey Hill: 15.5 mi
Museums: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium: 12.9 mi
  • Texas Mexican Railway Co. Car: 18.4 mi
  • El Portal: 18.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Texas Travel Information Center at Laredo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma CalicheWNW241 m22.4 mi
Cerrito PrietoN234 m11.1 mi
Loma BlancaWNW229 m18.0 mi
Cerritos BlancosW182 m13.1 mi
Loma de las PotrancasW177 m10.4 mi
El PicoSW152 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1919:50
June solstice06:4320:0320:37
September equinox07:2719:0519:36
December solstice07:2517:1317:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F586370778388898984776659
Precip in0.80.61.31.32.81.81.91.63.91.71.01.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laredo 2, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/818178033

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