Songwood Park
Songwood Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Akron Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1963
- Elevation
- 9 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Akron Park: 0.3 mi
- Wilke Park: 0.7 mi
- Smith Park: 1.1 mi
- Maxey Park: 1.6 mi
- J.P. White Park: 1.7 mi
- Herman Brown Park Community Garden and Fruit Orchard: 0.4 mi
- Hershe Street Garden: 4.9 mi
- Jenkins Garden: 5.7 mi
- Woodland Glade: 6.4 mi
- House of Tiny Treasures: 6.4 mi
- Pleasantville: 1.9 mi
- Fidelity Schools: 2.3 mi
- Near Site of Isaac Batterson Home: 3.1 mi
- "Constitution" Bend: 3.6 mi
- Thomas H. Ball, Jr.: 3.6 mi
- Peacock Records Mural: 5.7 mi
- Love Mural: 5.7 mi
- Modulation: 6.8 mi
- University Computing Center Collection: 6.8 mi
- Orbit II: 6.8 mi
- United States Armed Forces Museum: 2.2 mi
- Proctor Museum of Natural Science: 3.3 mi
- Pasadena Historical Museum: 5.0 mi
- Houston Maritime Center & Museum: 6.0 mi
- Blaffer Art Museum: 7.0 mi
- Ingenia Polymers Houston: 6.2 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 7.5 mi
- Eco Station: 9.4 mi
- Flow Works: 9.4 mi
- Weather Station: 9.4 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 3.4 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 4.4 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 5.0 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 5.1 mi
- Sheldon Park Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 7.2 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 7.2 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 7.3 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 7.3 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 14.2 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 20.3 mi
- Barbers Hill: 21.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Needle Point: 19.8 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 7.9 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 8.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Songwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | ENE 76° | 25 m | 21.2 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | ESE 108° | 3 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | ESE 113° | 0 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:50 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:51 | 17:27 |
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, 3 mi away.
- tree privet229 obs
- Chinese Tallow217 obs
- Dwarf Palmetto116 obs
- peppervine111 obs
- Yaupon Holly108 obs
- possumhaw107 obs
- eastern poison ivy96 obs
- American beautyberry81 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/214805961
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