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River Grove Park

River Grove Park from directly overhead

River Grove Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Crater Hill stands 48 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Ridge Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 19 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
14 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.02891, -95.20975

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Deer Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cooper Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bear Branch Pool: 1.8 mi
  • Bear Branch Park: 1.9 mi
  • South Woodland Hills Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Eagle Springs Eagle Statue: 4.0 mi
  • Light Spikes: 7.7 mi
  • Time Line: 7.9 mi
  • Galaxy Way: 8.0 mi
  • Passages 1, 2, 3, 4: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 55
Museums: 44
Attractions: 24
  • Extreme Slides: 11.5 mi
  • Raft Rides: 11.6 mi
  • Zip Lines: 11.6 mi
  • Climbing Wall/Free-Fall Tower: 11.7 mi
  • Axe Throwing/Archery: 11.7 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Picnic sites: 9
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 21.1 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 21.1 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 21.1 mi
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 21.1 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 22.5 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Crater Hill: 19.6 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 22.3 mi
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crater HillNNW 333°48 m19.6 mi
Barbers HillESE 123°25 m22.3 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaSSE 152°3 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0119:33
June solstice06:2119:5120:26
September equinox07:1018:4719:19
December solstice07:1316:5017:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545864707783858581726255
Precip in3.83.03.53.95.06.03.84.84.75.53.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Intercontinental AP, 10 mi away.

  • Plains Longear Sunfish592 obs
  • Bluegill455 obs
  • Green Sunfish113 obs
  • Western Blacktail Shiner70 obs
  • Blackstripe Topminnow70 obs
  • Largemouth Bass67 obs
  • Western Mosquitofish64 obs
  • Redspotted Sunfish48 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/544933293

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