Edgewood Park
Edgewood Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pershing Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 1.3 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1953
- Elevation
- 12 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Pershing Park: 0.7 mi
- St Lo. Park: 0.7 mi
- Southcrest Park: 1.0 mi
- Grimes Park: 1.1 mi
- Sunflower Park: 1.2 mi
- St. Francis Xavier Prayer Garden: 1.8 mi
- Sunnyside Urban Garden: 2.5 mi
- House of Tiny Treasures: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 4.0 mi
- Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Mt. Vernon Baptist Church: 2.4 mi
- Farnsworth & Chambers Building: 2.9 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 2.9 mi
- Site of Lubbock Ranch: 3.5 mi
- The Turkey Day Classic: 3.8 mi
- Round About: 3.4 mi
- Clinical Research & Services Building Collection: 3.5 mi
- Healing Nature: 3.5 mi
- Healing Nature: 3.5 mi
- Doble Physichromic Modular: 3.6 mi
- Great Silver Fleet Hangar - 1940 Air Terminal Museum: 3.0 mi
- 1940 Air Terminal Museum: 3.1 mi
- Blaffer Art Museum: 4.0 mi
- Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum: 4.8 mi
- John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science: 4.9 mi
- TXU Energy presents Mythical Realms: 4.9 mi
- Flow Works: 4.9 mi
- Weather Station: 4.9 mi
- Eco Station: 5.0 mi
- Frog Wall: 5.4 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 6.1 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 6.1 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 6.1 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 6.2 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 4.9 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 6.1 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 6.2 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 8.3 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 10.6 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 8.2 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 8.5 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 19.1 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 24.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Edgewood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Peninsula | E 80° | 3 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | E 91° | 0 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:50 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:51 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 81 | 73 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston William P Hobby AP, 3 mi away.
- Turk's cap17 obs
- straggler daisy14 obs
- peppervine12 obs
- Indian Peafowl11 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron11 obs
- Brown Anole11 obs
- Tievine11 obs
- Northern Cardinal9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/339952037
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