Gragg Park

Gragg Park is a park in Harris County, Texas. Gragg Park is situated nearby to the public building Houston Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council, as well as near the fire station Houston Fire Department Station 40.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Orange Show and Forest Park Cemetery.

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 1 mile northwest of Gragg Park.

Forest Park Cemetery

Cemetery

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Forest Park Cemetery is situated 1 mile northeast of Gragg Park.

Palm Center Transit Center

Railway station

Palm Center Transit Center is a light rail station in Houston, Texas on the METRORail system. It is the terminus of the Purple Line and is located on Griggs Road near Beekman Road in the Palm Center neighborhood. Palm Center Transit Center is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Gragg Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central City and Midtown.

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 4 miles west of Gragg Park.

Midtown

Suburb

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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 4½ miles northwest of Gragg Park.

South Inner Loop

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South and west of downtown, South Inner Loop is home to the Museum District, Hermann Park, the main campus of the University of Houston, Rice University, the Texas Medical Center, and NRG Stadium.

Gragg Park

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

29.70734° or 29° 42′ 26″ north

Longitude

-95.3145° or 95° 18′ 52″ west

Open location code

76X6PM4P+W5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 403185676

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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