Brazos Bend State Park
Brazos Bend State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Damon Mound stands 44 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Nature Center, a museum 0.9 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 16 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Andrew Jackson Beard: 3.7 mi
- Brown-Beard Cemetery: 3.7 mi
- Albert Sidney Johnston: 9.4 mi
- Mamie and A.P. George: 9.7 mi
- The John H. Pickens Davis House: 9.9 mi
- Sienna (Brazos River) Park: 8.0 mi
- FloCity Mountain Bike Trails: 9.9 mi
- Isidore Children Park: 10.1 mi
- Iowa Colony Park: 11.2 mi
- Kitty Hollow Park: 11.7 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 10.9 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 11.1 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 11.5 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 12.2 mi
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge: 13.9 mi
- Alligator: 12.8 mi
- Group of 14 Torch Drawings: 13.9 mi
- Brazos Trace: 13.9 mi
- Cougar: 13.9 mi
- Pastoral: 13.9 mi
- 1930s George Ranch Home: 9.7 mi
- 1930s George Cattle Complex: 9.7 mi
- Cowboy Barns and Working Pens: 9.8 mi
- 1890s Davis Victorian Complex: 9.9 mi
- Sharecropper’s Farm: 9.9 mi
- The Gardens at Parkway: 15.6 mi
- Preston Street Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Westbury Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Texas Interfaith Peace Garden: 18.9 mi
- Alicante Garden Pathway: 19.0 mi
- Nature Center: 0.9 mi
- Houston Museum of Natural Science - Sugar Land: 15.1 mi
- Columbia Historical Museum Association: 16.9 mi
- Brazoria County Historical Museum: 17.3 mi
- Fort Bend Museum: 17.4 mi
- Nash Dome: 6.8 mi
- Damon Mound: 11.6 mi
- Seabourne Creek Park Hill: 16.6 mi
- Oak Hill: 22.0 mi
- Peach Break: 23.1 mi
- Brushy Bayou Park Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Hansen Park: 19.4 mi
- Janie's Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Edith Smith Outdoor Classroom: 19.8 mi
- Backyard Park: 24.6 mi
- Newgulf: 21.0 mi
- Peach Creek: 22.2 mi
- Preston: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brazos Bend State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Mound | WSW 237° | 44 m | 11.6 mi |
| Huntington Mound | NW 315° | 35 m | 24.5 mi |
| Oak Hill | NNW 333° | 29 m | 22.0 mi |
| Elm Ridge | W 266° | 28 m | 23.5 mi |
| Peach Break | W 268° | 27 m | 23.1 mi |
| Nash Dome | SW 218° | 17 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 19:51 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:49 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:53 | 17:29 |
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 | 53 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 80 | 71 | 62 | 55 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Thompsons 3 WSW, 8 mi away.
- American Alligator1,173 obs
- Common Gallinule466 obs
- Anhinga439 obs
- White Ibis437 obs
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck365 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron336 obs
- Little Blue Heron321 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk267 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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