Houston Maritime Center & Museum
Houston Maritime Center & Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Swiney Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 22 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Swiney Park: 0.3 mi
- Navigation Esplanade: 0.4 mi
- Guadalupe Plaza Park: 0.4 mi
- Gregg Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Fox Park: 0.7 mi
- Velasco Street Incinerator: 0.3 mi
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church: 0.4 mi
- Myers-Spalti Manufacturing Plant: 0.4 mi
- El Barrio del Alacrán: 0.7 mi
- Frost Town: 0.7 mi
- Love Mural: 0.4 mi
- Peacock Records Mural: 0.4 mi
- Monument au Fantome: 1.2 mi
- Striding Christ: 1.3 mi
- Power of Houston: 1.3 mi
- Cooper Industries Water Garden: 1.2 mi
- Lindsey Waterside Landing & Garden: 1.3 mi
- Waste Management, Inc. Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Cemex, USA Terrace: 1.3 mi
- Jones Lawn: 1.3 mi
- Harris County Heritage Society Museum: 1.9 mi
- Houston Fire Museum: 2.3 mi
- Freedman's Town Visitor Center: 2.4 mi
- Houston Freedman's Town: 2.4 mi
- Gallery 1206: 2.4 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 1.5 mi
- Eco Station: 3.9 mi
- Flow Works: 3.9 mi
- Weather Station: 3.9 mi
- TXU Energy presents Mythical Realms: 4.6 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 1.3 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 1.3 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 1.3 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 1.3 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 1.0 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 1.2 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 4.4 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 5.0 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 5.1 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 2.4 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 2.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 24.2 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Houston Maritime Center & Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Peninsula | E 100° | 3 m | 19.6 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 | 07:13 | 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 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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