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Williams Park

Williams Park from directly overhead

Williams Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Barbers Hill stands 25 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Sterling Knoll Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 7.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1995

What to expect

Operated by
Houston Parks and Recreation Department

How to reach it

Coordinates29.56695, -95.15107

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Spiritus Mundi: 3.3 mi
  • pear: 14.6 mi
  • Round About: 15.3 mi
  • Healing Nature: 15.4 mi
  • Healing Nature: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 59
Museums: 47
Attractions: 23
  • Space Center Theater: 3.3 mi
  • Astronaut Gallery: 3.3 mi
  • Mission Mars: 3.3 mi
  • International Space Station: 3.3 mi
  • Mission Briefing Center: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Lake Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 17.9 mi
  • Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 17.9 mi
  • CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 17.9 mi
  • Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Peaks: 3
  • Blackwell Peninsula: 13.0 mi
  • Mesquite Knoll: 14.7 mi
  • Barbers Hill: 24.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Beauchamp Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Riordan's Spring: 20.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Williams Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barbers HillNE 38°25 m24.8 mi
Blackwell PeninsulaNE 38°3 m13.0 mi
Mesquite KnollENE 64°0 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2519:0119:32
June solstice06:2219:5020:24
September equinox07:1018:4719:19
December solstice07:1216:5117:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555965717883858581736457
Precip in3.62.92.83.75.15.24.25.65.45.84.24.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston Clover FLD, 6 mi away.

  • Great Egret366 obs
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck338 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird331 obs
  • White Ibis291 obs
  • Great Blue Heron256 obs
  • Neotropic Cormorant249 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird245 obs
  • Muscovy Duck223 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1117748119

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