Genoa Friendship Gardens
Genoa Friendship Gardens is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Strawberry Glen Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 5.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Harris County
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Strawberry Glen Park: 0.6 mi
- Crenshaw Park: 0.7 mi
- Yellowstone Park: 1.2 mi
- Fairmont Park: 2.0 mi
- Gulf Palms Park: 2.1 mi
- Genoa United Methodist Church: 1.4 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Pasadena: 1.8 mi
- Ellington Field: 1.8 mi
- First Airplane Flight Over Texas: 4.1 mi
- San Jacinto Community College District: 4.4 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 5.7 mi
- Healing Nature: 11.4 mi
- Healing Nature: 11.4 mi
- Round About: 11.4 mi
- Doble Physichromic Modular: 11.5 mi
- Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden: 6.4 mi
- Houston Botanic Garden: 6.7 mi
- Culinary Garden: 6.7 mi
- Pine Grove Garden: 6.7 mi
- Lone Star Flight Museum: 1.7 mi
- Vietnam War Flight Museum: 2.2 mi
- Pasadena Historical Museum: 5.9 mi
- 1940 Air Terminal Museum: 6.6 mi
- Great Silver Fleet Hangar - 1940 Air Terminal Museum: 6.6 mi
- Space Center Theater: 7.2 mi
- Astronaut Gallery: 7.2 mi
- Mission Mars: 7.2 mi
- Mission Briefing Center: 7.2 mi
- International Space Station: 7.2 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 13.8 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 13.8 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 13.8 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 13.9 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Native Coastal Prairie Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Armand Bayou Nature Center: 6.9 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 9.1 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 12.3 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 12.5 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 11.3 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 15.0 mi
- Barbers Hill: 22.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Needle Point: 20.2 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 15.8 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Genoa Friendship Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | NE 48° | 25 m | 22.7 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | ENE 58° | 3 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | E 81° | 0 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:50 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:51 | 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 | 55 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 81 | 73 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston William P Hobby AP, 6 mi away.
- Brown Anole98 obs
- Mallard84 obs
- Muscovy Duck60 obs
- Monarch54 obs
- Green Treefrog42 obs
- Squirrel Tree Frog35 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle33 obs
- Green Anole32 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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