- Elevation, modelled
- 6 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Barbers Hill25 m · 22.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Texas Independence Trail4.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:24local time
- Coordinates
- 29.5826, -95.0995
Spiritus Mundi is a artwork in Texas, at a modelled 6 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Alumni Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.2 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Built
- 1977
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spiritus Mundi. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | NNE 33° | 25 m | 22.1 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | NNE 28° | 3 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | ENE 62° | 0 m | 11.5 mi |
- 4.2 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Alumni Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Path and Wendell Wilson Park: 0.2 mi
- Liberty Park: 0.2 mi
- Bay Area Park: 1.1 mi
- Brookwood Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
- Healing Nature: 17.1 mi
- Healing Nature: 17.1 mi
- Round About: 17.1 mi
- Doble Physichromic Modular: 17.2 mi
- Untitled: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 57
- Vegetable Garden: 1.9 mi
- Watersmart Garden: 1.9 mi
- Genoa Friendship Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Community Garden: 12.1 mi
- Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden: 12.2 mi
Museums: 46
- Bay Area Museum: 2.1 mi
- Space Center Houston: 2.1 mi
- Vietnam War Flight Museum: 4.3 mi
- Lone Star Flight Museum: 4.8 mi
- Frank J. Brown Heritage Museum and Barn: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 23
- Mission Briefing Center: 2.1 mi
- Mission Mars: 2.1 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 2.1 mi
- Shuttle Independence: 2.1 mi
- Space Center Theater: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 11
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 19.5 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 19.5 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 19.6 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 19.6 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Armand Bayou Nature Center: 1.8 mi
- Native Coastal Prairie Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 14.7 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 17.7 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Red Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Needle Point: 19.3 mi
Peaks: 3
- Blackwell Peninsula: 10.4 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 11.5 mi
- Barbers Hill: 22.1 mi
Springs: 2
- Beauchamp Spring: 21.4 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 21.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:49 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:51 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 72 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Nwso, 8 mi away.
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