Leo the Lion
Leo the Lion is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Blue Mound stands 264 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Agora Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.6 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Realistic lion sculpture commissioned by NCTC to represent NCTC's mascot Leo the Lion.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Agora Park: 0.2 mi
- Meadow Oaks Park: 0.9 mi
- Preserve at Pecan Creek: 0.9 mi
- Woods Park: 1.1 mi
- Spc. Ernest W. Dallas Jr. Veterans Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Corinth Shiloh Cemetery: 0.6 mi
- 1848 Denton County Seat: 1.2 mi
- Swisher Cemetery: 2.3 mi
- Old Alton Cemetery: 3.0 mi
- Old Alton Bridge: 3.2 mi
- Inspirational Sculpture: 2.3 mi
- Harmony: 4.2 mi
- November Devil: 5.8 mi
- UNT Logo: 6.1 mi
- Scrappy on a bench: 6.3 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 5.7 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 6.3 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 6.5 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 6.6 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 5.9 mi
- African American Museum: 5.9 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 5.9 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 6.3 mi
- Explorium: 9.4 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 8.1 mi
- Crawford Hill: 8.5 mi
- Long Point: 8.9 mi
- Flower Mound: 9.8 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 7.0 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 10.6 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 13.1 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 13.2 mi
- Crayola Experience: 15.7 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- The Corral: 19.5 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 20.3 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 24.0 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 9.8 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 12.3 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 19.2 mi
- Camey Spur: 12.8 mi
- Elizabethtown: 15.6 mi
- Sowers: 23.0 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 6.5 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 17.5 mi
- Shayhan Point: 2.6 mi
- McKamy Spring: 23.9 mi
- Muddy Creek: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Leo the Lion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | SW 229° | 264 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Olive | N 357° | 255 m | 21.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 268° | 253 m | 8.1 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 314° | 244 m | 11.4 mi |
| Long Point | W 262° | 234 m | 8.9 mi |
| Crawford Hill | WSW 257° | 231 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Donwell | SSW 202° | 218 m | 17.8 mi |
| Town Common | SW 217° | 216.71 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton 2 SE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13039382908
Take the scenic way to Leo the Lion.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.