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Sunflower Park

Sunflower Park from directly overhead

Sunflower Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Oak Hill stands 29 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bricker Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 0.8 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2004

What to expect

Operated by
Houston Parks and Recreation Department

How to reach it

Coordinates29.66982, -95.35238

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bricker Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bricker Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bricker Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pershing Park: 0.9 mi
  • St Lo. Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • St. Francis Xavier Prayer Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Sunnyside Urban Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Mary Gibbs And Jesse H. Jones Greenway Bio-Swale: 3.9 mi
  • Lykes Grove: 4.0 mi
  • House of Tiny Treasures: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Clinical Research & Services Building Collection: 3.2 mi
  • Round About: 3.3 mi
  • The Four Horsemen and Soho Saint: 3.3 mi
  • Evocacio Oriental: 3.3 mi
  • Strength in Caring: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 37
Picnic sites: 12
  • Lake Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 5.7 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 5.7 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 5.7 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 20.3 mi
  • Oak Hill: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillW 269°29 m24.0 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaE 81°3 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0219:33
June solstice06:2219:5120:25
September equinox07:1118:4819:19
December solstice07:1316:5117:27

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, 5 mi away.

  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron17 obs
  • Taiwanese Rain Tree11 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle8 obs
  • Gulf Coast Toad8 obs
  • Fall Webworm Moth8 obs
  • Northern Cardinal7 obs
  • Western Honey Bee7 obs
  • Black Swallowtail7 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/316694339

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