Optimist Park
Optimist Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 898 m. Midland County High Point stands 909 m to the northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Murry Fly Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Pecos Trail passes 2.0 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Murry Fly Park: 0.5 mi
- Lions Club Park: 0.8 mi
- Mike Neely Park: 0.8 mi
- Freedom Park: 0.8 mi
- Jim Parker Park: 0.8 mi
- Old Buffalo Wallow: 1.0 mi
- 1/2 Rack Stag: 1.2 mi
- Cattle: 1.2 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 1.6 mi
- Ector County's First Dry Hole: 1.7 mi
- Calvery Cross: 6.9 mi
- Rock The Desert Festival Field: 7.6 mi
- I-20 Wildlife Preserve and Jenna Welch Nature Study Center: 14.6 mi
- *: 16.7 mi
- *: 16.7 mi
- Parker House Ranching Heritage Museum: 1.7 mi
- Ellen Noël Art Museum: 1.9 mi
- George W. Bush Childhood Home: 2.0 mi
- Presidential Museum & JBS Leadership Library: 2.0 mi
- White-Pool House: 3.1 mi
- The Jackrabbit: 2.8 mi
- Angel Statue: 9.9 mi
- Ebenezer Egg Rock: 9.9 mi
- St. Andrew's Stag: 15.4 mi
- Saint Ann With Child Statue: 16.8 mi
- Patrick Peyton Prayer Garden: 13.9 mi
- Saint Paul Garden: 14.4 mi
- Craddick Garden: 16.7 mi
- Saint Ann’s Prayer Garden: 16.8 mi
- Grace Presbyterian Labrynth: 17.1 mi
- Midland County High Point: 6.6 mi
- Crane County High Point: 16.5 mi
- Sibley Nature Center: 19.5 mi
- Dameron City: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Optimist Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland County High Point | NE 36° | 909 m | 6.6 mi |
| Crane County High Point | S 178° | 898 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:54 | 19:29 | 20:01 |
| June solstice | 06:45 | 20:23 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:38 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 17:13 | 17:50 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 65 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Odessa, under a mile away.
- Western Honey Bee110 obs
- Mallard57 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle51 obs
- Rock Pigeon41 obs
- Rough Harvester Ant37 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel34 obs
- Spotted Cucumber Beetle33 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron32 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/176992252
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