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Cole Creek Park

Cole Creek Park from directly overhead

Cole Creek Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Hockley Mound stands 74 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas and bluebonnets, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 13 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1958
Elevation
26 m

What to expect

Operated by
Houston Parks and Recreation Department

How to reach it

Coordinates29.85575, -95.49879

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions: 24
  • Jumping World: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial Villages Farmers Market: 5.3 mi
  • Texas knife makers supply: 5.4 mi
  • Wetland Boardwalk: 7.3 mi
  • Boardwalk Overlook: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Picnic Area 4: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 7.5 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Peaks: 3
  • Wolf Hill: 19.7 mi
  • Oak Hill: 20.2 mi
  • Hockley Mound: 25.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Riordan's Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Beauchamp Spring: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Cinco Ranch Beach Club: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hockley MoundWNW 291°74 m25.0 mi
Wolf HillW 278°52 m19.7 mi
Oak HillSW 229°29 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0219:34
June solstice06:2319:5220:27
September equinox07:1118:4919:20
December solstice07:1416:5117:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545864707783858581726255
Precip in3.83.03.53.95.06.03.84.84.75.53.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Intercontinental AP, 12 mi away.

  • Gulf Fritillary146 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee50 obs
  • Monarch48 obs
  • Strand's Carpenter Bee45 obs
  • tree privet44 obs
  • Chinese Tallow41 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail38 obs
  • Anglepod34 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/549390095

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