Gulf Palms Park
Gulf Palms Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Genoa United Methodist Church, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 5.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Genoa United Methodist Church: 0.7 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Pasadena: 2.2 mi
- Ellington Field: 2.8 mi
- First Airplane Flight Over Texas: 3.0 mi
- Site of Lubbock Ranch: 4.6 mi
- Wilson Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Strawberry Glen Park: 1.5 mi
- Beverly Hills Park: 1.6 mi
- Sagemont Park: 1.7 mi
- Fairmont Park: 1.9 mi
- Genoa Friendship Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden: 5.1 mi
- Houston Botanic Garden: 5.4 mi
- Culinary Garden: 5.4 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 7.4 mi
- Round About: 9.9 mi
- Healing Nature: 9.9 mi
- Healing Nature: 9.9 mi
- Doble Physichromic Modular: 10.0 mi
- Lone Star Flight Museum: 2.7 mi
- Vietnam War Flight Museum: 3.2 mi
- 1940 Air Terminal Museum: 4.7 mi
- Great Silver Fleet Hangar - 1940 Air Terminal Museum: 4.7 mi
- Pasadena Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
- Space Center Theater: 8.5 mi
- Astronaut Gallery: 8.5 mi
- Mission Mars: 8.5 mi
- International Space Station: 8.5 mi
- Mission Briefing Center: 8.5 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 12.5 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 12.5 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 12.5 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 12.6 mi
- Native Coastal Prairie Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 8.0 mi
- Armand Bayou Nature Center: 8.8 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 11.2 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 11.4 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 13.3 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 17.1 mi
- Barbers Hill: 24.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Needle Point: 22.1 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 14.5 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gulf Palms Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | NE 50° | 25 m | 24.5 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | ENE 62° | 3 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | E 81° | 0 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:50 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:51 | 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.
- Monarch21 obs
- Brown Anole20 obs
- Northern Cardinal14 obs
- Muscovy Duck12 obs
- Pinkladies10 obs
- White Ibis9 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron9 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle9 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/205220703
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