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Ervan Chew Park

Ervan Chew Park from directly overhead

Ervan Chew Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Oak Hill stands 29 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Vassar Spaceway, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Houston Parks and Recreation Department

How to reach it

Coordinates29.73217, -95.40288

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • PNC Roof Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Brown Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.1 mi
  • O. Jack Mitchell Garden: 1.1 mi
  • River Oaks Garden Club: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 41
  • Frog Wall: 0.9 mi
  • Eco Station: 1.3 mi
  • Weather Station: 1.3 mi
  • Flow Works: 1.3 mi
  • Copper Statue: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites: 13
  • Lake Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Area 2: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 3: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area 4: 2.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Riordan's Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Beauchamp Spring: 3.8 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Oak Hill: 21.5 mi
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Cinco Ranch Beach Club: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillWSW 257°29 m21.5 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaE 93°3 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0219:33
June solstice06:2219:5120:26
September equinox07:1118:4819:20
December solstice07:1416:5117:27

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, 7 mi away.

  • Muscovy Duck1,049 obs
  • Brown Anole973 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel800 obs
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck658 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle582 obs
  • Western Honey Bee510 obs
  • Mallard471 obs
  • Pond Slider450 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/111515100

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