Needle Point
Needle Point is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the north-northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinehurst Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 6.1 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinehurst Park: 1.1 mi
- McLeod Park: 2.1 mi
- Victoria Walker Park: 2.6 mi
- W. L. Jenkins Park: 2.7 mi
- J. C. Hollaway Park: 2.8 mi
- Crystal Bay Butterfly Garden: 9.0 mi
- Watersmart Garden: 17.7 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 17.7 mi
- Herman Brown Park Community Garden and Fruit Orchard: 20.0 mi
- Genoa Friendship Gardens: 20.2 mi
- Ingenia Polymers Houston: 14.1 mi
- Falcon 9 Rocket: 21.0 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 21.0 mi
- Shuttle Independence: 21.0 mi
- Mission Briefing Center: 21.0 mi
- Barbers Hill-Mont Belvieu Museum: 4.3 mi
- Baytown Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
- Chambers County Museum at Wallisville: 10.9 mi
- Wallisville Heritage Park Museum: 13.9 mi
- Old School Museum: 16.1 mi
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge: 8.9 mi
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge: 9.3 mi
- Trinity River Island Recreation Area: 11.1 mi
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge - Champion Lake Area: 11.1 mi
- Sheldon Park Nature Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Barbers Hill: 2.9 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 9.1 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 10.4 mi
- Cedar Hill: 12.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 21.9 mi
- Chambers County Eastbound Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Chambers County Westbound Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 19.3 mi
- Eagle Springs Eagle Statue: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Needle Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | NNE 19° | 25 m | 2.9 mi |
| Cedar Hill | ENE 69° | 6 m | 12.6 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | SW 223° | 3 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | S 185° | 0 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 19:49 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:49 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 71 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baytown, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356712700
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