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Galena Park City Park

Galena Park City Park from directly overhead

Galena Park City Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Galena Manor Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
8 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.74486, -95.23707

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
  • Peacock Records Mural: 6.1 mi
  • Love Mural: 6.2 mi
  • Orbit II: 6.2 mi
  • Modulation: 6.3 mi
  • Albertus Magnus: 6.3 mi
Museums: 52
Attractions: 26
  • Ingenia Polymers Houston: 5.8 mi
  • 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 7.8 mi
  • Eco Station: 9.0 mi
  • Flow Works: 9.0 mi
  • Weather Station: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Picnic sites: 11
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 7.4 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 7.4 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 7.4 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 7.4 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 13.3 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 19.3 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 9.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barbers HillENE 70°25 m21.6 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaE 99°3 m13.3 mi
Mesquite KnollESE 107°0 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0119:33
June solstice06:2219:5020:25
September equinox07:1018:4719:19
December solstice07:1316:5117:27

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, 3 mi away.

  • Green Anole8 obs
  • Pinkladies8 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron7 obs
  • Chinese Tallow6 obs
  • Polyphemus Moth5 obs
  • giant ragweed5 obs
  • common hedge parsley5 obs
  • turkey tangle frogfruit5 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/53103927

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