Hensel Park
Hensel Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Red Hill stands 143 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas A&M Horticulture Gardens, a garden 0.1 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 21.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Crescent Park: 0.2 mi
- Redbud Park: 0.4 mi
- The Green: 0.5 mi
- St. Mary's Park: 0.7 mi
- Garden Acres Park: 0.7 mi
- Aggie Bonfire Memorial: 0.8 mi
- A&M United Methodist Church: 0.8 mi
- Martin's Place: 0.8 mi
- Texas A&M University: 1.0 mi
- Texas AMC and WWI: 1.1 mi
- Children's Museum of Brazos Valley: 1.3 mi
- George Bush Presidential Library & Museum: 2.4 mi
- James A. Baker, III Pavilion: 2.5 mi
- Bravos Valley Museum of Natural History: 2.9 mi
- Children's Museum of Brazos Valley: 3.3 mi
- Our Lady of Victory: 0.6 mi
- How to Build a Sphere Out of Cubes: 0.7 mi
- Danger 79er: 1.2 mi
- Bugle Stand: 1.3 mi
- Haynes Ring Replica: 1.6 mi
- Haswell Park Picnic #2: 3.0 mi
- Haswell Park Picnic #4: 3.0 mi
- Haswell Park Picnic #1: 3.0 mi
- Haswell Park Picnic #3: 3.1 mi
- 1st Methodist Park: 3.2 mi
- Texas A&M Horticulture Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Garden: 0.7 mi
- Leach Teaching Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Mount Aggie: 2.0 mi
- Red Hill: 19.5 mi
- Green Mountain: 24.0 mi
- Earth Art: 3.4 mi
- The La Bahia Pecan: 23.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- TXDAR Centennial Park - Old Nashville Site: 22.7 mi
- Hidalgo Bluffs: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hensel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | NNW 338° | 143 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Aggie | S 189° | 96.3 m | 2.0 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSW 205° | 86 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:05 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 19:56 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:52 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:53 | 17:29 |
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 | 52 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 71 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — College STN Easterwood FLD, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel493 obs
- Mourning Dove471 obs
- Western Honey Bee465 obs
- Northern Mockingbird379 obs
- Monarch377 obs
- Gulf Fritillary373 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle316 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle303 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/405488201
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