Squatty Lyons Park
Squatty Lyons Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Melrose Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1986
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Melrose Park: 0.6 mi
- Cooper Road Park: 1.3 mi
- Pinewood Park: 1.5 mi
- Mary Pierce Withers Park: 1.5 mi
- Keith-Wiess Park: 1.5 mi
- Take It Back: 2.7 mi
- Đài Thánh Giuse: 6.7 mi
- Banana Dolphin: 6.8 mi
- Houston: 6.9 mi
- A Tribute to American Statesmanship: 7.3 mi
- Schlobohm Cemetery: 3.5 mi
- Greater Ward A.M.E. Church: 3.8 mi
- Acres Homes Community: 4.0 mi
- Galilee Missionary Baptist Church: 4.0 mi
- Aldine: 4.0 mi
- Hershe Street Garden: 7.3 mi
- Stream Garden: 7.7 mi
- Butterfly garden: 8.3 mi
- Freed Park Urban Garden: 8.5 mi
- Vinson & Elkins Garden: 8.5 mi
- Art Car Museum: 7.5 mi
- United States Armed Forces Museum: 8.0 mi
- Houston Maritime Center & Museum: 8.0 mi
- Harris County Heritage Society Museum: 8.1 mi
- Rutherford B. H. Yates Museum: 8.4 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 7.8 mi
- Wetland Boardwalk: 8.5 mi
- Boardwalk Overlook: 8.6 mi
- Jumping World: 9.8 mi
- Copper Statue: 10.5 mi
- Wortham Island Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 6.6 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 8.5 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 8.7 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 8.9 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 8.5 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 8.6 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 8.6 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 8.6 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 6.6 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 6.6 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Squatty Lyons Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Peninsula | ESE 118° | 3 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:51 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 85 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Intercontinental AP, 7 mi away.
- Gulf Coast Toad22 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron16 obs
- clasping coneflower15 obs
- Pinkladies12 obs
- Northern Mockingbird11 obs
- American black elderberry11 obs
- Great Egret11 obs
- Snowy Egret10 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/610316047
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