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Greens Bayou Park

Greens Bayou Park from directly overhead

Greens Bayou Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Bell Foster Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.77758, -95.19815

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Thomas Bell Foster Park: 0.3 mi
  • Crooker/Moody Park: 0.4 mi
  • Greens Bayou Greenway: 0.5 mi
  • Greenwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Uvalde Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Peacock Records Mural: 8.3 mi
  • Love Mural: 8.3 mi
  • Modulation: 9.2 mi
  • Orbit II: 9.2 mi
  • University Computing Center Collection: 9.2 mi
Museums: 52
Attractions: 26
  • Ingenia Polymers Houston: 3.6 mi
  • 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 10.1 mi
  • Eco Station: 11.9 mi
  • Flow Works: 11.9 mi
  • Weather Station: 11.9 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Picnic sites: 11
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 9.8 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 9.8 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 9.9 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 9.9 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 11.7 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 17.9 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 11.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barbers HillENE 74°25 m18.7 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaESE 112°3 m11.7 mi
Mesquite KnollESE 117°0 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0119:33
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, 5 mi away.

  • American beautyberry30 obs
  • American black elderberry24 obs
  • Japanese climbing fern24 obs
  • Yaupon Holly19 obs
  • American sweetgum14 obs
  • Dwarf Palmetto14 obs
  • Gulf Coast Toad13 obs
  • American trumpet vine12 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/484577930

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