Vassar Spaceway
Vassar Spaceway is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Oak Hill stands 29 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ervan Chew Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 3.5 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1937
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Ervan Chew Park: 0.1 mi
- Mandell Park: 0.4 mi
- Fleming Park: 0.6 mi
- Menil Park: 0.6 mi
- Treehouse field: 0.7 mi
- Ned A. & Linda S. Eppes House: 0.6 mi
- Holland Lodge No. 1, A.F. & A.M. of Texas: 0.8 mi
- Edgar Odell Lovett: 0.8 mi
- Bering Memorial United Methodist Church: 0.9 mi
- The Garden Club of Houston: 0.9 mi
- Menil Curve: 0.6 mi
- Charmstone: 0.6 mi
- Isolated Mass/Circumflex (#2): 0.6 mi
- Dissipate: 0.6 mi
- Rift: 0.6 mi
- PNC Roof Garden: 0.8 mi
- Brown Garden: 0.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 1.0 mi
- O. Jack Mitchell Garden: 1.1 mi
- Woodland Garden: 1.1 mi
- Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall: 0.5 mi
- Cy Twombly Gallery: 0.6 mi
- Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum: 0.7 mi
- Rothko Chapel: 0.7 mi
- Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: 0.8 mi
- Frog Wall: 0.8 mi
- Weather Station: 1.3 mi
- Eco Station: 1.3 mi
- Flow Works: 1.3 mi
- TXU Energy presents Mythical Realms: 1.3 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 2.9 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 5.1 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 5.2 mi
- Wortham Island Reserve: 6.9 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 7.3 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 3.8 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 4.0 mi
- Oak Hill: 21.4 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 23.2 mi
- Cinco Ranch Beach Club: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vassar Spaceway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | WSW 258° | 29 m | 21.4 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | E 93° | 3 m | 23.2 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 | 19:20 |
| 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 | 86 | 81 | 72 | 62 | 56 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston-port, 8 mi away.
- Muscovy Duck1,049 obs
- Brown Anole938 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel782 obs
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck657 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle588 obs
- Mallard472 obs
- Pond Slider454 obs
- Blue Jay445 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/1119622339
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