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Southmore Park

Southmore Park from directly overhead

Southmore Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Satsuma Gardens Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 1.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
11 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.69129, -95.16899

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens: 60
Artworks
  • Spiritus Mundi: 8.6 mi
  • Healing Nature: 10.3 mi
  • Healing Nature: 10.3 mi
  • Round About: 10.4 mi
  • Orbit II: 10.4 mi
Museums: 49
Attractions: 26
  • Ingenia Polymers Houston: 4.9 mi
  • Space Center Theater: 10.5 mi
  • Mission Mars: 10.5 mi
  • Astronaut Gallery: 10.5 mi
  • Mission Briefing Center: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 12.2 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 12.2 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 12.2 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 12.3 mi
  • Lake Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 9.2 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 14.4 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 14.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barbers HillNE 56°25 m19.6 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaE 80°3 m9.2 mi
Mesquite KnollE 98°0 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0119:33
June solstice06:2219:5020:25
September equinox07:1018:4719:19
December solstice07:1216:5117:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555965717883858581736357
Precip in4.12.93.34.15.46.14.65.45.85.83.94.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston William P Hobby AP, 8 mi away.

  • Green Anole12 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron9 obs
  • Western Honey Bee9 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee9 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse9 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • Pantropical Jumping Spider8 obs
  • Gulf Coast Toad7 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 way/296545493

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