view gallery SE0.2 km | Preston Rose Austin - (Austwell) in Texas Historical Markers One of two identical markers strategically placed in the center of two coastal towns founded by a local wealthy rancher/businessman; this one is at the intersection of FM 239 ("Gisler St") and Proctor St. in Austwell (Refugio County). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/24/2015 last visited: 04/13/2022 |
view gallery SW0.3 km | BEGINNING - of TX FM 774, Austwell TX USA in First of its Kind The beginning of FM 774 is also the end of SH239 at the city limits of Austwell Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery SW0.3 km | END of TX SH 239 - Austwell TX USA in Last of its Kind The end of State Highway 239 and the beginning of FM 774 at the city limits of Austwell Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery NW8.4 km | Preston Rose Austin - (Tivoli) in Texas Historical Markers One of two identical markers strategically placed in the center of two coastal towns founded by a local wealthy rancher/businessman; this one is at the intersection of TX Hwy 35 and TX Hwy 239 in Tivoli (Refugio County). posted by: Raven location: Texas date approved: 10/24/2015 last visited: 02/15/2016 |
view gallery SE9.8 km | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Austwell TX USA in National Wildlife Refuges The Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Austwell, Texas, is located west of Port Lavaca and east of Rockport off the Texas State Highway 35 posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery SE9.8 km | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Austwell TX USA in Birdwatching Locations If you want to fill out your life list of birds, the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in the Coastal Bend of Texas is where you want to be. It is the only place where you can see the last wild nesting population of Whooping Cranes. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery SE9.8 km | Pollinator Garden -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX in Butterfly Gardens A beautiful pollinator garden at the brand-new visitor center for the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Austwell TX will help support the hummingbirds butterflies and bugs that also call the ANWR home posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 05/04/2022 last visited: 10/20/2022 |
view gallery SE9.8 km | Monarch Waystation -- Pollinator Garden, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Insect Hotels The Monarch waystation at the Pollinator Garden at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Austwell TX, supports shelters sustains and nourishes migrating Monarch butterflies posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/17/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
view gallery SE10 km | Counting Display “Plastic Bottles Saved” - Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Counting and Measuring Displays A water bottle filler that counts plastic bottles saved per water bottle refill near the restrooms at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge visitor center, in Austwell TX USA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery SE10 km | Freshwater Slough -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the Freshwater Slough in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, one of two flora and fauna signs at this location. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery SE10 km | American Alligator -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the American Alligator in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, one of two flora and fauna signs at this freshwater slough location. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery S10.1 km | King of the Marsh -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the Big George, the King of the Marsh, in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, along the hiking trail over the slough posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery S11.7 km | Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge -- Austwell TX USA in WPA Projects The Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (now known as the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge) was created in 1937 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, built by CCC Company 880, and administered by the WPA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
view gallery S11.7 km | CCC Camp 880 Flagpole - Aransas National Wildlife Refuge - Austwell TX USA in Preserved Architectural Remnants and Ruins All that remains of the large camp constructed by and for for Civilian Conservation Corps Company 880, which built the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, is the concrete base the concrete support for the camp's flagpole posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery S11.7 km | Building Aransas National Wildlife Refuge -- Austwell TX USA in Civilian Conservation Corps The Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (now known as the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge) was created in 1937 as the by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery S11.7 km | Q 594 (AN0406) -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX in U.S. Benchmarks The only remnant of Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 880, which built the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in the late 1930s-early 1940s, is a concrete flagpole and base, with this benchmark on it. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/17/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
view gallery E12.7 km | Art Boat - Seadrift, TX in Art Studios Studio of German artist Dieter Erhard is a sleepy Texas seaside town. Just a short drive from Port Lavaca and less than an hour from Port Aransas posted by: tnwave location: Texas date approved: 09/02/2019 last visited: 09/02/2019 |
view gallery N14.2 km | LAST - Spanish Mission built in Texas, Mission Lake TX USA in Last of its Kind State historical marker at the site of the original Mission Nuestra Senoria del Refugio, the last Spanish mission built in Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/28/2022 last visited: 04/29/2022 |
view gallery N14.2 km | Original Mission Refugio in Texas Historical Markers The state historical marker for the original Mission Refugio, along SH 35 southwest of Port Lavaca posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery S15.6 km | Water for Wildlife -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign at Jones Lake in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/14/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
view gallery N15.8 km | Green Lake in Texas Historical Markers This roadside historical marker is located along TX Hwy. 35 in western Calhoun County. posted by: rilekyle location: Texas date approved: 12/01/2010 last visited: 04/13/2022 |
view gallery N15.8 km | Green Lake, TX USA in Ghost Towns The Calhoun County ghost town of Green Lake, along the Texas SH35 (not the I-35) Southwest of Port Lavaca Texas posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/28/2022 last visited: 04/29/2022 |
view gallery S16.4 km | Whooping Crane -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the Whooping Cranes in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, one of two flora and fauna signs at this location. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
view gallery S16.4 km | In the Marshes and Estuaries -- Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA in Flora and Fauna Information Signs The flora and fauna information sign about the wildlife in the estuaries and marshes in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, one of two flora and fauna signs at this location. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/27/2022 |
view gallery S16.4 km | E. Frank Johnson - Austwell, TX in Citizen Memorials A citizen memorial for E. Frank Johnson at the top of the 40 foot observation tower deck overlooking the whooping crane habitat at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Austwell TX USA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 04/15/2022 last visited: 04/15/2022 |
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