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Brookline Park

Brookline Park from directly overhead

Brookline Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Farnsworth & Chambers Building, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1955

What to expect

Operated by
Houston Parks and Recreation Department

How to reach it

Coordinates29.70027, -95.31485

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Round About: 1.9 mi
  • Healing Nature: 1.9 mi
  • Healing Nature: 1.9 mi
  • Doble Physichromic Modular: 2.0 mi
  • Split Level: 2.1 mi
Gardens
Attractions: 27
Picnic sites: 12
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 4.5 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 4.5 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 4.5 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 4.6 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 7.0 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 17.9 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brookline Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackwell PeninsulaE 87°3 m17.9 mi
Mesquite KnollE 97°0 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0219:33
June solstice06:2219:5020:25
September equinox07:1018:4819:19
December solstice07:1316:5117:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545864707783858681726256
Precip in4.02.73.85.25.17.94.53.44.55.43.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon32 obs
  • Pinkladies26 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle25 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird25 obs
  • Great Egret22 obs
  • Texas bluebonnet21 obs
  • White beggarticks19 obs
  • straggler daisy18 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/47089488

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