Artwork · Texas
Light Spikes
Light Spikes is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Crater Hill stands 48 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Time Line, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1990
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates29.98499, -95.32760
- 19.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Time Line: 0.3 mi
- Passages 1, 2, 3, 4: 0.4 mi
- Galaxy Way: 0.4 mi
- Beads: 0.4 mi
- Leopard Sky: 0.4 mi
Parks
- Bordersville Park: 2.4 mi
- Turkey Creek Park: 3.1 mi
- Jesse Jones Park: 3.5 mi
- Edmonds Park: 4.2 mi
- Sandpiper Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
- City of Humble: 3.7 mi
- Humble Lodge No. 979, A.F. & A.M.: 3.9 mi
- Humble Independent School District: 4.1 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Humble: 4.2 mi
- Humble Cemetery: 4.2 mi
Gardens
- Learning Garden: 6.2 mi
- Blackberry: 9.6 mi
- Blackberry: 9.6 mi
- Hershe Street Garden: 14.3 mi
- French Elementary Community Garden: 14.7 mi
Museums: 48
- Humble Museum: 4.1 mi
- National Museum of Funeral History: 6.1 mi
- Spring Historical Museum: 8.6 mi
- Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts: 11.1 mi
- Wunderlich Farm Interactive History Park: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 28
- Carousel: 14.5 mi
- Jumping World: 14.8 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 15.4 mi
- Wetland Boardwalk: 16.2 mi
- Boardwalk Overlook: 16.3 mi
Nature reserves: 13
- Woodson's Gully Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 12.1 mi
- Farnsworth Park: 12.2 mi
- Sheldon Park Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Lake Houston Wilderness Park: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 11
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 16.1 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 16.2 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 16.2 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 16.2 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 16.3 mi
Springs: 2
- Beauchamp Spring: 14.3 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 14.4 mi
Peaks: 1
- Crater Hill: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Light Spikes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crater Hill | N 355° | 48 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:51 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:50 | 17:27 |
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 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Intercontinental AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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