Skip to content

Deer Ridge Park

Deer Ridge Park from directly overhead

Deer Ridge Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Crater Hill stands 48 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooper Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 19 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
15 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.03336, -95.21908

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cooper Park: 0.5 mi
  • River Grove Park: 0.6 mi
  • South Woodland Hills Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bear Branch Pool: 1.7 mi
  • Bear Branch Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Eagle Springs Eagle Statue: 4.4 mi
  • Light Spikes: 7.3 mi
  • Time Line: 7.5 mi
  • Galaxy Way: 7.6 mi
  • Passages 1, 2, 3, 4: 7.6 mi
Museums: 44
Attractions: 25
  • Extreme Slides: 11.2 mi
  • Raft Rides: 11.3 mi
  • Zip Lines: 11.4 mi
  • Climbing Wall/Free-Fall Tower: 11.4 mi
  • Axe Throwing/Archery: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 21.1 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 21.1 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 21.1 mi
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 21.2 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 22.4 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Crater Hill: 19.0 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 23.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 19.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crater HillNNW 334°48 m19.0 mi
Barbers HillESE 123°25 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0119:33
June solstice06:2119:5120:26
September equinox07:1018:4719:19
December solstice07:1316:5017:26

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, 9 mi away.

  • Plains Longear Sunfish652 obs
  • Bluegill471 obs
  • Green Sunfish127 obs
  • Largemouth Bass79 obs
  • Western Blacktail Shiner71 obs
  • Blackstripe Topminnow70 obs
  • Western Mosquitofish65 obs
  • Redspotted Sunfish55 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/373711116

More parks in Texas

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Deer Ridge Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens