Park · Texas
Buster Long Park
Buster Long Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 991 m. The nearest named place is Ratliff Park Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 2.4 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates33.54343, -101.92562
- 2.4 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Ratliff Park Playground: 0.5 mi
- Ratliff Park: 0.6 mi
- Dupree Park: 0.9 mi
- Remington Park: 1.0 mi
- Jack Stevens Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
- Lubbock Regional Public Safety Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Dagley Field: 1.6 mi
- Arnett House: 2.2 mi
- Lubbock Area Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Monterey High School: 2.4 mi
Artworks: 45
- Free Spirit: 3.5 mi
- Bulls: 3.5 mi
- Steel House: 3.6 mi
- Student Recreation Center: 3.6 mi
- Knowledge Structure: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 11
- Blarney Stone: 4.1 mi
- Sundial: 4.3 mi
- The Spiral by Dr. Alon Kvashny: 4.6 mi
- West Texas Walk of Fame: 5.3 mi
- Arts District: 5.6 mi
Museums: 10
- Science Spectrum & OMNI Theater: 3.0 mi
- Museum of Texas Tech University: 4.0 mi
- National Ranching Heritage Center: 4.1 mi
- Buddy Holly Center: 5.4 mi
- The Buddy Holly Center: 5.4 mi
Gardens: 3
- Memorial Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
- Tech Terrace Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Heart of Lubbock Community Garden: 4.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Picnic Area Eastbound US 84: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Area Westbound US 84: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Slide: 9.0 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:27 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:39 | 20:25 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 17:06 | 17:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 72 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lubbock WFO, 3 mi away.
- Ring-billed Gull174 obs
- Mallard169 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle168 obs
- Ligated Furrow Bee164 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant161 obs
- Great Egret155 obs
- Great Blue Heron144 obs
- Snowy Egret139 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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