Sylvan Rodriguez Park
Sylvan Rodriguez Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mabry Mill Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 7.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1991
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Mabry Mill Park: 0.7 mi
- Dad's Club Sports Park: 0.7 mi
- Williams Park: 1.3 mi
- Sterling Knoll Park: 1.7 mi
- Exploration Green: 2.1 mi
- Ellington Field: 1.7 mi
- Genoa United Methodist Church: 3.9 mi
- Contributions to the Texas Rice Industry by Seito and Kiyoaki Saibara: 4.0 mi
- Cecil and Frances Brown House: 4.9 mi
- Friendswood: 4.9 mi
- Spiritus Mundi: 3.2 mi
- Round About: 14.4 mi
- Healing Nature: 14.4 mi
- Healing Nature: 14.4 mi
- Doble Physichromic Modular: 14.5 mi
- Genoa Friendship Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 5.0 mi
- Watersmart Garden: 5.0 mi
- Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden: 9.5 mi
- Vietnam War Flight Museum: 1.3 mi
- Lone Star Flight Museum: 1.8 mi
- Space Center Houston: 4.1 mi
- Frank J. Brown Heritage Museum and Barn: 4.8 mi
- Perry House: 5.0 mi
- Space Center Theater: 4.0 mi
- Astronaut Gallery: 4.0 mi
- Mission Mars: 4.0 mi
- International Space Station: 4.1 mi
- Mission Briefing Center: 4.1 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 16.9 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 16.9 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 16.9 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 17.0 mi
- Native Coastal Prairie Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Armand Bayou Nature Center: 4.9 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 12.3 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 15.5 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 15.7 mi
- Red Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Red Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Needle Point: 21.1 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 12.0 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 14.3 mi
- Barbers Hill: 23.8 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 18.9 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sylvan Rodriguez Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | NE 40° | 25 m | 23.8 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | NE 42° | 3 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | ENE 69° | 0 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:50 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 55 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 81 | 73 | 64 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Clover FLD, 7 mi away.
- Red-shouldered Hawk106 obs
- Brown Anole103 obs
- Pond Slider89 obs
- lemon beebalm89 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron87 obs
- firewheel83 obs
- Pinkladies80 obs
- upright prairie coneflower77 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/200215331
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