Greenwood Park
Greenwood Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Proctor Museum of Natural Science, a museum 0.5 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 5.0 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Greens Bayou Park: 0.5 mi
- Uvalde Park: 0.7 mi
- Crooker/Moody Park: 0.8 mi
- Thomas Bell Foster Park: 0.8 mi
- Greens Bayou Greenway: 0.9 mi
- Herman Brown Park Community Garden and Fruit Orchard: 3.0 mi
- Hershe Street Garden: 7.8 mi
- Woodland Glade: 8.0 mi
- Global Collection Garden: 8.0 mi
- Pine Grove Garden: 8.1 mi
- Fidelity Schools: 4.4 mi
- Near Site of Isaac Batterson Home: 4.6 mi
- Crown Hill Cemetery: 4.7 mi
- Pleasantville: 4.7 mi
- Vince's Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Peacock Records Mural: 8.6 mi
- Love Mural: 8.6 mi
- Modulation: 9.5 mi
- Orbit II: 9.5 mi
- University Computing Center Collection: 9.6 mi
- Proctor Museum of Natural Science: 0.5 mi
- United States Armed Forces Museum: 4.8 mi
- Pasadena Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Houston Maritime Center & Museum: 8.8 mi
- Blaffer Art Museum: 9.8 mi
- Ingenia Polymers Houston: 3.7 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 10.3 mi
- Eco Station: 12.2 mi
- Flow Works: 12.2 mi
- Weather Station: 12.2 mi
- Sheldon Park Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 5.5 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 6.8 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 7.9 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 8.0 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 10.1 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 10.1 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 10.1 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 10.1 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 11.7 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 18.0 mi
- Barbers Hill: 18.4 mi
- Needle Point: 16.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 10.7 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Greenwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | ENE 76° | 25 m | 18.4 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | ESE 114° | 3 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | ESE 118° | 0 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:50 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:50 | 17:26 |
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 | 54 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 6 mi away.
- American beautyberry30 obs
- Japanese climbing fern24 obs
- American black elderberry23 obs
- Yaupon Holly19 obs
- American sweetgum14 obs
- Gulf Fritillary13 obs
- American trumpet vine12 obs
- Dwarf Palmetto12 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/144130600
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