Space Center Houston
Space Center Houston is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shuttle Independence, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.4 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
official visitor center of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Dates from 1992-10-16.
Wikidata Q2749172, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- George W. S. Abbey Rocket Park: 0.3 mi
- Astronaut Memorial Grove: 0.3 mi
- Howard L. Ward Park: 0.7 mi
- Saibara Pollinator Garden: 0.8 mi
- Green Acres Park: 0.8 mi
- Contributions to the Texas Rice Industry by Seito and Kiyoaki Saibara: 0.8 mi
- Nassau Bay Spire: 1.4 mi
- Harris County Boys' School Archeological Site: 2.0 mi
- Webster Presbyterian Church: 2.0 mi
- Fairview Cemetery: 2.3 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 2.1 mi
- pear: 17.8 mi
- Round About: 18.5 mi
- Healing Nature: 18.5 mi
- Healing Nature: 18.5 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 3.3 mi
- Watersmart Garden: 3.4 mi
- Genoa Friendship Gardens: 7.3 mi
- Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden: 13.6 mi
- Bay Area Museum: 2.1 mi
- Vietnam War Flight Museum: 5.4 mi
- Lone Star Flight Museum: 5.9 mi
- Frank J. Brown Heritage Museum and Barn: 6.2 mi
- Perry House: 6.5 mi
- Shuttle Independence: 0.0 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 0.0 mi
- 7 Starship Gallery: 0.0 mi
- Kids Space Place: 0.0 mi
- Destiny Theater: 0.0 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 21.0 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 21.0 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 21.0 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 21.1 mi
- Armand Bayou Nature Center: 3.1 mi
- Native Coastal Prairie Preserve: 5.6 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 15.6 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 16.3 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 19.5 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 12.2 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 12.5 mi
- Barbers Hill: 23.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Mound: 24.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Needle Point: 21.0 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 23.0 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Space Center Houston. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | NNE 30° | 25 m | 23.9 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | NNE 23° | 3 m | 12.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mound | S 182° | 2 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | NE 53° | 0 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:49 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:47 | 19:18 |
| 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 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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