Japonica Park
Japonica Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sylvan Dells Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1941
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Sylvan Dells Park: 0.6 mi
- Gragg Park: 0.9 mi
- Spurlock Park: 0.9 mi
- Ingrando Park: 0.9 mi
- Brookline Park: 1.1 mi
- House of Tiny Treasures: 2.0 mi
- Woodland Glade: 2.4 mi
- Global Collection Garden: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.5 mi
- Pine Grove Garden: 2.5 mi
- Healing Nature: 2.3 mi
- Healing Nature: 2.3 mi
- Round About: 2.4 mi
- Doble Physichromic Modular: 2.4 mi
- Orbit II: 2.4 mi
- Flow Works: 5.1 mi
- Eco Station: 5.1 mi
- Weather Station: 5.1 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 5.4 mi
- TXU Energy presents Mythical Realms: 5.5 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 4.6 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 4.6 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 4.6 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 4.7 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 1.4 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 3.4 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 3.6 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 7.3 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 8.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Needle Point: 24.2 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 6.6 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 7.0 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 17.0 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Japonica Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Peninsula | E 89° | 3 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | E 99° | 0 m | 22.4 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 | 19:50 | 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 | 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, 3 mi away.
- White beggarticks25 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron23 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel21 obs
- Pinkladies21 obs
- Great Egret21 obs
- white clover19 obs
- Texas bluebonnet17 obs
- Rock Pigeon16 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/604019493
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