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Settegast Park

Settegast Park from directly overhead

Settegast Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Navigation Esplanade, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.2 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1911
Elevation
13 m

What to expect

Operated by
Houston Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates29.75298, -95.34375

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Navigation Esplanade: 0.3 mi
  • Guadalupe Plaza Park: 0.5 mi
  • Houston City College Park: 0.6 mi
  • Houston International Promenade: 0.7 mi
  • Fox Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Power of Houston: 0.9 mi
  • Monument au Fantome: 0.9 mi
  • Synchronity of Color - Blue: 0.9 mi
  • The House (Heart): 0.9 mi
  • Listening Vessels: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Cooper Industries Water Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Lindsey Waterside Landing & Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Waste Management, Inc. Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Jones Lawn: 0.9 mi
  • Jimi Derrick's Arbor: 0.9 mi
Museums: 53
Attractions: 27
Picnic sites: 12
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 0.9 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 0.9 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 1.0 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 1.0 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 3.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blackwell PeninsulaE 98°3 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0219:33
June solstice06:2219:5120:26
September equinox07:1018:4819:19
December solstice07:1316:5117:27

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, 4 mi away.

  • Great-tailed Grackle248 obs
  • Muscovy Duck207 obs
  • Rock Pigeon157 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird147 obs
  • White-winged Dove134 obs
  • Ovenbird128 obs
  • House Sparrow109 obs
  • Brown Anole108 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/53848219

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