The Birds
The Birds is an artwork in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Buck Knob stands 345 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowboy Punk 2077, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
A commissioned mural on a floodgate structure, part of the Trinity Trails mural gallery collection
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Cowboy Punk 2077: 0.5 mi
- Nibbles: 0.6 mi
- Giving and Receiving: 0.7 mi
- Selah: 1.0 mi
- Cloud 9: 1.2 mi
- Lawrence Clifton Elliott: 0.5 mi
- Billy Muth: 0.7 mi
- William John Marsh: 0.8 mi
- Royal Flying Corps: 0.8 mi
- Ormer Leslie Locklear: 0.8 mi
- Anderson-Campbell Park: 0.6 mi
- Rockwood Park: 0.6 mi
- North Side Park: 0.7 mi
- Arneson Park: 0.9 mi
- Circle Park: 1.0 mi
- Pearls Dance Hall: 1.6 mi
- Cowtown Coliseum Rodeo: 1.8 mi
- Livestock Exchange Building: 1.8 mi
- Stockyards: 1.8 mi
- Cowtown Cattlepen Maze: 1.9 mi
- Christian Arts Museum: 1.3 mi
- Leonard's Museum: 1.4 mi
- National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame: 1.4 mi
- Kimbell Art Museum Piano Pavilion North Gallery: 1.7 mi
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: 1.7 mi
- Water Conservation Garden: 2.2 mi
- Pollinator Pathway: 2.3 mi
- Margery Leonard Courtyard: 2.3 mi
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden Gift Shop: 2.3 mi
- Rainforest Conservatory: 2.3 mi
- Blue Mound: 11.9 mi
- Murray Hill: 13.1 mi
- Mount Donwell: 15.1 mi
- Brushy Mound: 15.3 mi
- Turkey Peak: 16.1 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 12.8 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 16.1 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 20.1 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 22.4 mi
- Inspiration Point: 2.9 mi
- Lone Point: 6.9 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 11.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 9.8 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 22.1 mi
- Elizabethtown: 18.0 mi
- Sowers: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Birds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Knob | WNW 293° | 345 m | 24.4 mi |
| Tater Nob | WSW 249° | 344 m | 23.3 mi |
| Tater Hill | WNW 299° | 343 m | 22.7 mi |
| Chattanooga Hill | WSW 253° | 330 m | 18.5 mi |
| Joe Bell Mountain | W 261° | 324 m | 21.6 mi |
| Caddo Peak | S 186° | 303 m | 20.3 mi |
| Brushy Knob | S 188° | 303 m | 22.2 mi |
| Burton Knob | NW 305° | 278 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:50 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 79 | 69 | 57 | 49 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Worth Meacham FLD Naaf, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8268464804
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