Verde Forest Park
Verde Forest Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand River Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 9.9 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2000
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Grand River Park: 0.9 mi
- Lake Forest Park: 1.4 mi
- Lakewood Park: 2.0 mi
- Resillience Trail: 2.2 mi
- Stanfield Park: 2.2 mi
- Bethany Baptist Church: 4.2 mi
- Pleasantville: 6.4 mi
- Schlobohm Cemetery: 7.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church: 7.2 mi
- Zydeco Music in Frenchtown: 7.3 mi
- Herman Brown Park Community Garden and Fruit Orchard: 4.9 mi
- Hershe Street Garden: 7.3 mi
- Jenkins Garden: 9.3 mi
- Cooper Industries Water Garden: 9.9 mi
- Waste Management, Inc. Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Peacock Records Mural: 8.3 mi
- Love Mural: 8.3 mi
- Eagle Springs Eagle Statue: 8.7 mi
- Take It Back: 9.3 mi
- A Tribute to American Statesmanship: 9.5 mi
- United States Armed Forces Museum: 4.8 mi
- Proctor Museum of Natural Science: 5.6 mi
- Houston Maritime Center & Museum: 8.7 mi
- Pasadena Historical Museum: 9.9 mi
- Humble Museum: 10.2 mi
- Ingenia Polymers Houston: 8.7 mi
- 'Burp the Bayou' Red Button: 9.8 mi
- Eco Station: 12.6 mi
- Flow Works: 12.6 mi
- Weather Station: 12.6 mi
- Coastal Prairie: 3.6 mi
- Sheldon Park Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 8.3 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 8.4 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 9.3 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 10.0 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 10.0 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 10.0 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 13.0 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 16.3 mi
- Barbers Hill: 20.4 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 22.7 mi
- Needle Point: 19.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 9.5 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Verde Forest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbers Hill | E 90° | 25 m | 20.4 mi |
| Blackwell Peninsula | SE 126° | 3 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | SE 126° | 0 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:50 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:50 | 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.
- Dwarf Palmetto7 obs
- Eastern Copperhead5 obs
- Polyphemus Moth4 obs
- American beautyberry4 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail4 obs
- Gulf Coast Toad4 obs
- Largemouth Bass4 obs
- Blue Jay3 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/1385447316
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