Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Hidalgo, Texas. Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge is situated nearby to the hamlet Meadow Creek Country Club Colonia, as well as near Anzaldúas.

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Butterfly Center.

National Butterfly Center

Zoo

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The National Butterfly Center is a private nature preserve operated by the North American Butterfly Association that serves as an outdoor butterfly conservatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mission and Palmview South.

Mission

Mission is a city in Hidalgo County, in the US state of Texas. Its population was 85,778 at the 2020 census and an estimated 86,635 in 2022. Mission is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.

Palmview South

Village

Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0.

Palmview South is a census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,008 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Abram

Hamlet

Abram is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Abram had a population of 1,108. The community was named after Texas Ranger Abram Dillard, who was a resident of the area.

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Hidalgo, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

26.1784° or 26° 10′ 42″ north

Longitude

-98.3716° or 98° 22′ 18″ west

Operator

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Open location code

76R35JHH+98

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1381292768

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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