Park · Texas
Taft City Park
Taft City Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. The nearest named place is First Presbyterian Church of Taft, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Tropical Trail passes 4.1 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates27.98178, -97.39234
- 4.1 mi off the Texas Tropical Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
Parks
- Briar Park: 7.3 mi
- Chatwork Park: 7.4 mi
- Hunt Municipal Park: 7.4 mi
- Willacy Park: 8.1 mi
- Broadway Park: 8.1 mi
Museums: 15
- Taft Blackland Museum: 0.1 mi
- Taft Blackland Museum: 0.2 mi
- USS Lexington Museum on the Bay: 11.5 mi
- Art Museum of South Texas: 11.8 mi
- Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History: 11.8 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation: 10.1 mi
- Pollywog Pond Bird & Wildlife Sanctuary: 15.5 mi
- Pelican Island Sanctuary: 18.4 mi
- Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge: 19.3 mi
- Connie Hagar Cottage Sanctuary: 20.4 mi
Artworks: 5
- Giant milk bottle: 10.7 mi
- Corpus Christi Watergarden: 11.9 mi
- Orion's Belt: 12.5 mi
- Selena Memorial Statue: 12.8 mi
- The Great Heron: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 5
- Corpus Christi North Beach: 10.8 mi
- University Beach: 18.9 mi
- Quarantine Shore: 21.0 mi
- Rockport Beach Park: 21.7 mi
- Holiday Beach: 23.1 mi
Attractions: 4
- Fan Pavillion: 11.5 mi
- American Bank Center: 12.0 mi
- Port Aransas/Mustang Island Tourism Bureau & Chamber of Commerce: 22.2 mi
- Rockport Birding & Kajak Adventures: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 3
- Lytton Memorial Rose Garden: 12.1 mi
- The Learning Garden: 12.9 mi
- South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
- Copano: 19.6 mi
- Aransas City: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
- McGloins Bluff: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Lydia Ann Lighthouse: 22.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:10 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:35 | 19:55 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:57 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 17:04 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 77 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 80 | 73 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Welder Wildlife Foundation, 9 mi away.
- Piping Plover4 obs
- Virginia Opossum3 obs
- Silver Garden Orbweaver3 obs
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck2 obs
- Common Bottlenose Dolphin2 obs
- Common Buckeye2 obs
- Gray Hairstreak2 obs
- Queen2 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/131203982
Private beta · Free to join
Take the scenic way to Taft City Park.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.