Smither Park

Smither Park is a park in Harris County, Texas. Smither Park is situated nearby to the heritage site The Orange Show, as well as near Fonde Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Orange Show and Blaffer Art Museum.

The Orange Show

Heritage site

Photo: Euthman, CC BY 3.0.

The Orange Show is a work of outsider art in Houston, Texas. Jeff McKissack, a mail carrier, transformed a small suburban lot near his house into a folk art installation, which he named "The Orange Show" in honor of his favorite fruit. The Orange Show is situated 350 feet north of Smither Park.

Blaffer Art Museum

Museum

Photo: Jhihyinlee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Blaffer Art Museum is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in the Arts District of the University of Houston campus. Housed in the university’s Fine Arts Building, it is part of the Kathrine G. Blaffer Art Museum is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Smither Park.

MacGregor Park/Martin Luther King Jr. station

Railway station

MacGregor Park/Martin Luther King Jr. is a light rail station in Houston, Texas on the METRORail system. It is served by the Purple Line, and is located in the median of Martin Luther King Jr. MacGregor Park/Martin Luther King Jr. station is situated 1 mile southwest of Smither Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midtown and Downtown Houston.

Midtown

Suburb

Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.

Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown. Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45, Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line. Midtown is situated 3½ miles northwest of Smither Park.

Downtown Houston

Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Downtown is the central business district of Houston. It is bounded by the I-10, I-45, and I-69 freeways.

Central City

Neighborhood

Central City is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. In 2009, residents of Central City supported a bill by Garnet Coleman that would limit the ability of Texas Medical Center, Inc. to exercise its eminent domain rights on residential property. Central City is situated 3½ miles west of Smither Park.

Smither Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.71682° or 29° 43′ 1″ north

Longitude

-95.32464° or 95° 19′ 29″ west

Open location code

76X6PM8G+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 364006108

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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