Avenue Place Park
Avenue Place Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Irvington Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 7.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2010
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Irvington Park: 0.3 mi
- Earl Henderson Park: 0.5 mi
- Moody Park: 0.5 mi
- Butterfly Pocket Park: 0.9 mi
- Castillo Park: 1.1 mi
- Mollie Bailey: 0.6 mi
- Hortense Sparks Malsch Ward: 0.8 mi
- Hollywood Cemetery: 0.9 mi
- Zion Lutheran Church: 1.0 mi
- Emmanuel Baptist Church: 1.1 mi
- A Tribute to American Statesmanship: 1.9 mi
- Houston: 2.1 mi
- Banana Dolphin: 2.3 mi
- James A Baker III: 2.4 mi
- Red Bull Flying Bach: 2.5 mi
- Hershe Street Garden: 2.6 mi
- Stream Garden: 2.6 mi
- Vinson & Elkins Garden: 3.1 mi
- Waste Management, Inc. Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Flores Terrace: 3.1 mi
- Houston Maritime Center & Museum: 2.7 mi
- Harris County Heritage Society Museum: 2.8 mi
- Art Car Museum: 2.9 mi
- Rutherford B. H. Yates Museum: 3.2 mi
- Houston Freedman's Town: 3.3 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 2.4 mi
- Wetland Boardwalk: 4.8 mi
- Boardwalk Overlook: 4.9 mi
- Eco Station: 5.5 mi
- Flow Works: 5.5 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 3.5 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 3.7 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 4.9 mi
- Wortham Island Reserve: 5.8 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 3.1 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 3.2 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 3.2 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 4.8 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 1.5 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 1.8 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 21.3 mi
- Cinco Ranch Beach Club: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Avenue Place Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Peninsula | ESE 106° | 3 m | 21.3 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 | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Brown Anole109 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron84 obs
- Red-vented Bulbul70 obs
- Gulf Coast Toad70 obs
- White beggarticks68 obs
- Green Anole61 obs
- Monarch57 obs
- giant ragweed53 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1113164919
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