Park · Texas
Roy Furr Pioneer Park
Roy Furr Pioneer Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 977 m. The nearest named place is Glenna Goodacre Median Greenway, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 0.8 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates33.58968, -101.86105
- 0.8 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Glenna Goodacre Median Greenway: 0.1 mi
- Lubbock National Bank Park: 0.4 mi
- Gateway Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Dominican Square: 0.5 mi
- MC Overton Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- The Fujita Scale: 0.4 mi
- The 1970 Lubbock Tornado: 0.4 mi
- Bacon Home: 0.4 mi
- St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church: 0.4 mi
- The Mast House: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 45
- Biomimetic Benches: 0.6 mi
- Biomimetic Benches: 0.6 mi
- Biomimetic Benches: 0.6 mi
- The Fire Inside: 0.7 mi
- Texas Tech University Seal: 0.7 mi
Attractions: 11
- Arts District: 0.8 mi
- Sundial: 0.8 mi
- Blarney Stone: 0.9 mi
- West Texas Walk of Fame: 1.3 mi
- South Plains Fairgrounds: 1.6 mi
Museums: 10
- Buddy Holly Center: 1.3 mi
- The Buddy Holly Center: 1.3 mi
- National Ranching Heritage Center: 1.3 mi
- Museum of Texas Tech University: 1.4 mi
- Caviel Museum of African American History: 1.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Picnic Area Eastbound US 84: 15.6 mi
- Picnic Area Westbound US 84: 15.6 mi
- Hale County Southbound Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Hale County Northbound Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 3
- Heart of Lubbock Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Tech Terrace Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Gholson Spring: 23.8 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:27 | 19:59 |
| June solstice | 06:38 | 20:25 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 17:06 | 17:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 72 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lubbock WFO, 4 mi away.
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog446 obs
- Red-shouldered Bug421 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle380 obs
- Western Honey Bee347 obs
- Mallard338 obs
- Burrowing Owl210 obs
- Convergent Lady Beetle194 obs
- American Robin186 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.
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