Grimes Park
Grimes Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Oak Hill stands 29 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Francis Xavier Prayer Garden, a garden 0.8 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 1.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1977
- Elevation
- 14 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- St. Francis Xavier Prayer Garden: 0.8 mi
- Sunnyside Urban Garden: 1.8 mi
- Tom Bass Park Garden: 4.7 mi
- House of Tiny Treasures: 4.8 mi
- Mary Gibbs And Jesse H. Jones Greenway Bio-Swale: 4.9 mi
- Sims Bayou Park: 0.8 mi
- Wilmington Greenspace: 0.9 mi
- Sunflower Park: 1.0 mi
- Edgewood Park: 1.1 mi
- Bricker Park: 1.2 mi
- Mt. Vernon Baptist Church: 1.9 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 3.6 mi
- Farnsworth & Chambers Building: 3.9 mi
- Astrodome: 4.2 mi
- Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church: 4.3 mi
- Clinical Research & Services Building Collection: 4.1 mi
- Round About: 4.1 mi
- The Four Horsemen and Soho Saint: 4.2 mi
- Evocacio Oriental: 4.2 mi
- Strength in Caring: 4.2 mi
- Great Silver Fleet Hangar - 1940 Air Terminal Museum: 3.6 mi
- 1940 Air Terminal Museum: 3.6 mi
- Blaffer Art Museum: 4.7 mi
- Pioneer Memorial Log House Museum: 4.8 mi
- John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science: 5.1 mi
- TXU Energy presents Mythical Realms: 4.8 mi
- Flow Works: 5.1 mi
- Weather Station: 5.1 mi
- Eco Station: 5.1 mi
- Frog Wall: 5.3 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 6.6 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 6.6 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 6.7 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 6.7 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 6.0 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 6.9 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 7.1 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 11.6 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 20.1 mi
- Oak Hill: 24.4 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 24.9 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 8.7 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 8.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grimes Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | W 271° | 29 m | 24.4 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | ENE 79° | 3 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | E 89° | 0 m | 24.9 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 | 19:51 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Carpenter Bee11 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron10 obs
- Western Honey Bee10 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider10 obs
- Powdered Dancer9 obs
- Black Swallowtail8 obs
- Norton's Alkali Bee8 obs
- Red-marked Pachodynerus Wasp8 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/557370643
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