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San Jacinto State Park

San Jacinto State Park from directly overhead

San Jacinto State Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is San Jacinto Monument, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 0.6 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.74645, -95.07919

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens: 60
Artworks
  • Spiritus Mundi: 11.4 mi
  • Peacock Records Mural: 15.5 mi
  • Love Mural: 15.5 mi
  • Orbit II: 15.6 mi
  • Albertus Magnus: 15.7 mi
Museums: 48
Attractions: 23
  • Ingenia Polymers Houston: 3.9 mi
  • Mission Briefing Center: 13.5 mi
  • Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 13.5 mi
  • Shuttle Independence: 13.5 mi
  • Mission Mars: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Picnic sites: 11
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 16.8 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 16.8 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 16.8 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 16.9 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 4.3 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 10.7 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 13.0 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barbers HillNE 56°25 m13.0 mi
Cedar HillENE 67°6 m23.4 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaESE 121°3 m4.3 mi
Mesquite KnollESE 123°0 m10.7 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: 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, 12 mi away.

  • Great Egret65 obs
  • Macartney's rose54 obs
  • Brown Pelican52 obs
  • White Ibis51 obs
  • Neotropic Cormorant50 obs
  • Little Blue Heron49 obs
  • Snowy Egret44 obs
  • Laughing Gull42 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/356757055

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