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McElroy Park

McElroy Park from directly overhead

McElroy Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Baytown Soccer Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.77128, -95.01155

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Baytown Soccer Park: 0.5 mi
  • Cedar Ridge Park: 1.2 mi
  • Eddie Huron Park: 1.3 mi
  • Brownwood Park: 2.1 mi
  • Allenbrook Park: 2.3 mi
Artworks
  • Spiritus Mundi: 14.1 mi
  • Eagle Springs Eagle Statue: 17.7 mi
  • Peacock Records Mural: 19.5 mi
  • Love Mural: 19.5 mi
  • Orbit II: 19.9 mi
Gardens: 52
Attractions: 20
  • Ingenia Polymers Houston: 7.9 mi
  • Falcon 9 Rocket: 16.0 mi
  • Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 16.0 mi
  • Shuttle Independence: 16.0 mi
  • Mission Briefing Center: 16.0 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 5
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 20.9 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 20.9 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 20.9 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 21.0 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 3.9 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 9.0 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of McElroy Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barbers HillNE 51°25 m8.7 mi
Cedar HillENE 67°6 m19.0 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaS 185°3 m3.9 mi
Mesquite KnollSSE 147°0 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0019:32
June solstice06:2119:4920:24
September equinox07:0918:4719:18
December solstice07:1216:5017:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525662687581838379716154
Precip in4.83.83.94.56.07.15.56.86.46.14.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baytown, 10 mi away.

  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron18 obs
  • Little Blue Heron17 obs
  • Osprey16 obs
  • Great Egret16 obs
  • Brown Pelican14 obs
  • Snowy Egret14 obs
  • Great Blue Heron12 obs
  • Neotropic Cormorant12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/602549170

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