Sheldon Wildlife Management Area
Sheldon Wildlife Management Area is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheldon Sports Complex, a park 0.8 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 7.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 14 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Sheldon Sports Complex: 0.8 mi
- Gene Green Beltway 8 Park: 2.1 mi
- Resillience Trail: 2.3 mi
- Alexander Deussen Park: 3.8 mi
- North Shore Park: 4.1 mi
- Harrison Barrett: 5.6 mi
- Newport: South Diamond Head Park entrance Monument: 5.8 mi
- Humphrey Jackson: 5.9 mi
- White Cemetery: 6.2 mi
- Humphrey and Sarah Merriman Jackson: 6.7 mi
- Herman Brown Park Community Garden and Fruit Orchard: 7.2 mi
- Crystal Bay Butterfly Garden: 9.8 mi
- Hershe Street Garden: 11.1 mi
- Jenkins Garden: 12.7 mi
- Woodland Glade: 13.3 mi
- Eagle Springs Eagle Statue: 8.2 mi
- Peacock Records Mural: 12.1 mi
- Love Mural: 12.1 mi
- Light Spikes: 13.2 mi
- Passages 1, 2, 3, 4: 13.5 mi
- Proctor Museum of Natural Science: 5.2 mi
- United States Armed Forces Museum: 8.2 mi
- Pasadena Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Humble Museum: 11.4 mi
- Houston Maritime Center & Museum: 12.5 mi
- Ingenia Polymers Houston: 7.0 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 13.8 mi
- Eco Station: 16.3 mi
- Flow Works: 16.3 mi
- Weather Station: 16.3 mi
- Sheldon Park Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 7.6 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 11.7 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 11.9 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 11.9 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 13.8 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 13.8 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 13.8 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 13.8 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 13.2 mi
- Barbers Hill: 15.9 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 19.4 mi
- Needle Point: 15.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 13.7 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sheldon Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | E 91° | 25 m | 15.9 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | SE 138° | 3 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | SE 134° | 0 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 19:50 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:50 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 58 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 10 mi away.
- American Alligator309 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk227 obs
- Little Blue Heron220 obs
- White Ibis198 obs
- Blue Dasher153 obs
- Green Anole140 obs
- Banded Watersnake136 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron128 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/53059838
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