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Milby Park

Milby Park from directly overhead

Milby Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodruff Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1937
Elevation
5 m

What to expect

Operated by
Houston Parks and Recreation Department

How to reach it

Coordinates29.70598, -95.26302

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
  • Healing Nature: 4.6 mi
  • Healing Nature: 4.6 mi
  • Round About: 4.7 mi
  • Orbit II: 4.7 mi
  • Albertus Magnus: 4.7 mi
Museums: 51
Attractions: 26
Picnic sites: 11
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 6.6 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 6.6 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 6.6 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 6.7 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Peaks: 3
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 14.7 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 20.2 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 9.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barbers HillENE 65°25 m24.0 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaE 88°3 m14.7 mi
Mesquite KnollE 99°0 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0119:33
June solstice06:2219:5020:25
September equinox07:1018:4819:19
December solstice07:1316:5117:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545864707783858681726256
Precip in4.02.73.85.25.17.94.53.44.55.43.44.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 3 mi away.

  • Black Swallowtail124 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee88 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary86 obs
  • Western Honey Bee75 obs
  • Fiery Skipper71 obs
  • Salt Marsh Moth68 obs
  • Monarch63 obs
  • Green Anole41 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/42862108

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