Wiess Park
Wiess Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Wolf Hill stands 52 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 6.4 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1941
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Houston Arboretum & Nature Center: 0.3 mi
- First Baptist Church of Houston: 1.1 mi
- Obelisk: 1.2 mi
- 2007 - Ciscos Rios: 1.4 mi
- Susan Hershey Helm: 1.6 mi
- Houston Arboretum Park: 0.4 mi
- Post Oak Park: 0.8 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Point 2: 0.9 mi
- Point 1: 1.0 mi
- Houston Arboretum & Nature Center: 0.5 mi
- Granduca Garden: 0.6 mi
- Granduca Garden South: 0.7 mi
- Butterfly garden: 1.7 mi
- Freed Park Urban Garden: 2.3 mi
- Ground Sculpture: 0.5 mi
- Three Quarter Time: 0.6 mi
- John Calvin Statue: 1.2 mi
- John Knox Statue: 1.2 mi
- Bucket: 1.4 mi
- Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Rienzi: 2.5 mi
- Rienzi: 2.5 mi
- Boardwalk Overlook: 1.5 mi
- Wetland Boardwalk: 1.5 mi
- Copper Statue: 2.9 mi
- Memorial Villages Farmers Market: 2.9 mi
- Frog Wall: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area 3: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 1.6 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Wortham Island Reserve: 3.7 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 8.0 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 8.1 mi
- Terry Hershey Park: 8.9 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 4.5 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 5.1 mi
- Oak Hill: 19.1 mi
- Wolf Hill: 23.7 mi
- Cinco Ranch Beach Club: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wiess Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Hill | WNW 292° | 52 m | 23.7 mi |
| Oak Hill | WSW 248° | 29 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 19:51 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:52 | 17:28 |
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, 11 mi away.
- Gulf Fritillary1,222 obs
- Brown Anole1,027 obs
- Pond Slider976 obs
- American Bullfrog844 obs
- Banded Watersnake740 obs
- American beautyberry639 obs
- Green Anole562 obs
- purple passionflower515 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/253636288
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