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Love Jack

Love Jack from directly overhead

Love Jack is an artwork in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Flower Mound stands 202 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Jack S. Kilby, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

A 10'x10' red, steel sculpture created by Texas artist Jim Love and gifted to UT Dallas in 1976.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates32.98811, -96.74834

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
  • Gazebo Park: 0.2 mi
  • Point North Park: 0.6 mi
  • Canyon Creek Park: 0.7 mi
  • Campbell Ridge Park: 1.0 mi
  • Custer Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
  • Temoc: 0.3 mi
  • Liberty Park Tank: 1.9 mi
  • Crayola Experience: 5.8 mi
  • Little Saigon: 6.2 mi
  • Northaven Trail: 7.2 mi
Museums: 46
Picnic sites: 8
  • Parkside Food Truck Park: 10.8 mi
  • The Corral: 11.5 mi
  • Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 11.7 mi
  • Seeligston picnic area: 14.0 mi
  • picnic tables: 14.1 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Peaks: 6
  • Grayhawk Hill: 15.6 mi
  • Monarch Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Flower Mound: 18.6 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 18.7 mi
  • Hays Hills: 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • McKamy Spring: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Muddy Creek: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • SoPac Trail Rest Area: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Little Elm Beach: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Love Jack. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flower MoundW 276°202 m18.6 mi
Chalk HillSSW 206°202 m18.7 mi
Hays HillsENE 58°180 m24.3 mi
Mayor's HillW 268°180 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:39
June solstice06:2020:0320:39
September equinox07:1618:5319:25
December solstice07:2716:4717:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465058657381858577675648
Precip in2.83.43.63.55.23.82.22.53.35.33.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richardson, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4072271143

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