Exploration Green

Exploration Green is a park in Harris County, Texas. Exploration Green is situated nearby to Kenneth W. Royal Park, as well as near Clear Lake Presbyterian Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Space Shuttle Independence and Johnson Space Center.

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 orbiter. 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 Shuttle Independence is situated 2 miles southeast of Exploration Green.

Johnson Space Center

Research institute

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is NASA's center for human spaceflight in Houston, Texas, where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. Johnson Space Center is situated 2 miles east of Exploration Green.

Space Center Houston

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It was designated a Smithsonian Affiliate museum in 2014. Space Center Houston is situated 2 miles southeast of Exploration Green.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clear Lake and Webster.

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.

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. Nassau Bay is situated 2½ miles southeast of Exploration Green.

Exploration Green

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

29.57008° or 29° 34′ 12″ north

Longitude

-95.12188° or 95° 7′ 19″ west

Open location code

76X6HVCH+26

OpenStreetMap ID

way 53801808

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Satellite Map

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Exploration Green Phase 4 Habitat Island and Kenneth W. Royal Park.

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