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Monterief Park

Monterief Park from directly overhead

Monterief Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadowbrook Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.80523, -95.09660

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Eagle Springs Eagle Statue: 13.0 mi
  • Peacock Records Mural: 14.6 mi
  • Love Mural: 14.6 mi
  • Spiritus Mundi: 15.4 mi
  • Orbit II: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 59
Museums: 49
Attractions: 24
  • Ingenia Polymers Houston: 4.3 mi
  • 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 16.4 mi
  • Mission Briefing Center: 17.5 mi
  • Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 17.5 mi
  • Mission Mars: 17.5 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 9
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 16.2 mi
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 16.2 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 16.2 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 16.2 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 7.8 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 14.1 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 17.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barbers HillENE 75°25 m12.3 mi
Cedar HillENE 78°6 m23.2 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaSE 143°3 m7.8 mi
Mesquite KnollSE 135°0 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0119:32
June solstice06:2119:5020:25
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.

  • white clover8 obs
  • Rough Earthsnake6 obs
  • Western Honey Bee6 obs
  • Field madder6 obs
  • Mallard5 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail5 obs
  • henbit deadnettle5 obs
  • Bald Eagle4 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 node/356851166

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