Runaway Mountain
Runaway Mountain is an attraction in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Brushy Mound stands 275 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Roaring Rapids, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 5.5 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Six Flags Over Texas is a 212-acre (86 ha) amusement park, in Arlington, Texas, United States, east of Fort Worth and west of Dallas. It is the first amusement park in the Six Flags chain, and features themed areas and attractions. The park opened on August 5, 1961, after a year of construction and an initial investment of US$10 million by real estate developer Angus G. Wynne Jr. The park is managed by the Six Flags Entertainment Corp., which owns a 54% interest of the Texas Limited Partnership that owns the park. Six Flags Over Texas Fund, Ltd., a private-equity and asset-management firm, headed by Dallas businessman Jack Knox, bought the park in 1969. Over the years, the various companies that managed the park exercised options to purchase interest in the fund. Six Flags Entertainment has an option to purchase the remaining 46% in 2028. In 1991, Time Warner Entertainment began managing park operations. In 1998, Time Warner sold its interests in the Six Flags parks to Premier Parks, of Oklahoma City, which later changed its name to Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.
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What to expect
- Operated by
- Six Flags Entertainment Corp
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Roaring Rapids: 0.0 mi
- Roaring Rapids: 0.0 mi
- Pirates of Speelunker Cave: 0.0 mi
- Oil Derrick: 0.1 mi
- Rodeo: 0.1 mi
- P.A. Watson Cemetery: 0.6 mi
- Site of Arlington Downs Racetrack: 0.6 mi
- West Fork United Presbyterian Church: 1.6 mi
- Amber Hagerman Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Friday House: 1.9 mi
- Legends of the Game Baseball Museum: 0.7 mi
- National Medal of Honor Museum: 0.8 mi
- Wellspring on Main: 2.6 mi
- Texas State Museum of History: 3.7 mi
- C.R. Smith Aviation Museum: 5.2 mi
- Richard Greene Linear Park: 0.9 mi
- Richard Greene Linear Park: 1.1 mi
- Dr. Robert Cluck Linear Park: 1.1 mi
- Clarence Thompson Park: 1.4 mi
- Dixon W. Holman Park: 1.6 mi
- Dream: 2.5 mi
- Boundless: 2.5 mi
- Trần Quốc Tuấn: 3.4 mi
- Spirit of Arbor Daze: 5.8 mi
- Rapture of the Human Spirit: 5.8 mi
- Ruthe Jackson Outdoor Garden: 5.3 mi
- Fish Creek Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Euless Historic Tree Grove: 7.5 mi
- Jerry Taylor Memorial Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Jerry Taylor Memorial Garden: 8.2 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 1.8 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Cedar Ridge Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center: 11.5 mi
- Chalk Hill: 10.5 mi
- Murray Hill: 10.9 mi
- Mount Donwell: 12.7 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 16.3 mi
- Flower Mound: 17.8 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 10.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Inspiration Point: 20.1 mi
- Lone Point: 23.7 mi
- Sowers: 6.8 mi
- La Reunion: 12.4 mi
- Elizabethtown: 21.8 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 13.6 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 14.8 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 19.3 mi
- McKamy Spring: 23.3 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 9.1 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Runaway Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Mound | SW 229° | 275 m | 21.5 mi |
| Turkey Peak | SW 228° | 266 m | 22.2 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 309° | 264 m | 20.8 mi |
| Mount Donwell | NNW 331° | 218 m | 12.7 mi |
| Town Common | NNW 333° | 216.71 m | 17.9 mi |
| Poverty Knob | SSW 204° | 216 m | 19.0 mi |
| Murray Hill | SW 225° | 209 m | 10.9 mi |
| Chalk Hill | E 94° | 202 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:49 | 17:27 |
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 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arlington SIX Flags, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1211575361
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