Howard L. Ward Park
Howard L. Ward Park is a park in Harris County, Texas. Howard L. Ward Park is situated nearby to the village Nassau Bay, as well as near the neighborhood University Place Townhomes.Places of Interest
Highlights include Space Shuttle Independence and Space Center Houston.
Space Shuttle Independence
Photo: Alexrudd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Space Shuttle Independence, formerly known as Explorer, is a full-scale, high-fidelity replica of the Space Shuttle. It was built by Guard-Lee in Apopka, Florida, installed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 1993, and moved to Space Center Houston in 2012.
Space Center Houston
Museum
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Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It was designated a Smithsonian Affiliate museum in 2014.
Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center
Building
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NASA's Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, also known by its radio callsign, Houston, is the facility at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, that manages flight control for the United States human space program, currently involving astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nassau Bay and Clear Lake.
Nassau Bay
Village
Photo: Mike Fisher, CC BY 2.0.
Nassau Bay is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, bordering the outermost southeastern edge of the city of Houston. It is located in the Clear Lake Area near Galveston Bay, directly adjacent to the Lyndon B.
Clear Lake
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, CC0.
Clear Lake is a district of Houston. It is home to NASA's Johnson Space Center. The area's boating opportunities are considered second only to those of Miami. Fishing, swimming, hiking, and history are also popular activities in the area.
Webster
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Webster is a city in the U.S. state of Texas located in Harris County, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Its population was 12,499 at the 2020 U.S. census.
Howard L. Ward Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.54503° or 29° 32′ 42″ northLongitude
-95.08756° or 95° 5′ 15″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
76X6GWW6+2XOpenStreetMap ID
way 1051903745OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
10172750
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