Keith-Wiess Park
Keith-Wiess Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Squatty Lyons Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1979
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Squatty Lyons Park: 1.5 mi
- Gerber Park: 1.6 mi
- James Driver Park: 1.7 mi
- Pinewood Park: 1.9 mi
- Mary Pierce Withers Park: 1.9 mi
- Schlobohm Cemetery: 2.0 mi
- Aldine: 3.2 mi
- Greater Ward A.M.E. Church: 5.1 mi
- Acres Homes Community: 5.3 mi
- Galilee Missionary Baptist Church: 5.3 mi
- Take It Back: 4.2 mi
- Light Spikes: 6.4 mi
- Winds of Change: 6.4 mi
- Passages 1, 2, 3, 4: 6.4 mi
- Beads: 6.5 mi
- Hershe Street Garden: 8.2 mi
- Stream Garden: 9.0 mi
- Waste Management, Inc. Gardens: 9.7 mi
- Vinson & Elkins Garden: 9.7 mi
- Flores Terrace: 9.7 mi
- National Museum of Funeral History: 8.2 mi
- United States Armed Forces Museum: 8.4 mi
- Humble Museum: 8.9 mi
- Art Car Museum: 8.9 mi
- Houston Maritime Center & Museum: 9.1 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 9.0 mi
- Wetland Boardwalk: 10.0 mi
- Boardwalk Overlook: 10.1 mi
- Jumping World: 11.0 mi
- Copper Statue: 12.0 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 6.8 mi
- Wortham Island Reserve: 8.1 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 9.5 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 9.7 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 10.4 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 9.7 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 9.8 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 9.8 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 10.1 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 7.9 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 8.0 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Keith-Wiess Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Peninsula | ESE 122° | 3 m | 23.4 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 | 19:51 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 85 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Intercontinental AP, 6 mi away.
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron13 obs
- clasping coneflower11 obs
- Snowy Egret10 obs
- Great Egret10 obs
- crimson clover9 obs
- Gulf Coast Toad8 obs
- White Ibis7 obs
- Pond Slider7 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/148385818
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