Meditation Foundation Maze
Meditation Foundation Maze is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is A. H. Belo Corporation, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 6.0 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- permit
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- A. H. Belo Corporation: 0.1 mi
- The Dallas Morning News: 0.1 mi
- Dallas Scottish Rite Temple: 0.1 mi
- Hilton Hotel: 0.2 mi
- City of Dallas: 0.2 mi
- Harwood Park: 0.1 mi
- Main Street Garden: 0.1 mi
- Pegasus Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Pacific Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Thanks-Giving Square: 0.3 mi
- Three Forms Vertebrae: 0.2 mi
- Panda: 0.2 mi
- The Eye: 0.3 mi
- The Media Wall: 0.3 mi
- The Globe: 0.3 mi
- Giant Eye: 0.3 mi
- Reunion Tower: 0.9 mi
- Katy Trail Caboose: 1.7 mi
- Love Bugs: 2.0 mi
- Texas Star: 2.0 mi
- Deep Ellum Urban Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Nasher Sculpture Garden: 0.7 mi
- Liberty Street Garden: 0.8 mi
- Renee's Garden: 1.8 mi
- Live Oak Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 3.8 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Joppa Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 7.4 mi
- McCommas Bluff Preserve: 7.8 mi
- La Reunion: 3.9 mi
- Sowers: 11.9 mi
- Lawson: 14.3 mi
- Camey Spur: 21.4 mi
- Nickelville: 22.6 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 3.0 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 6.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Chalk Hill: 6.1 mi
- Flower Mound: 22.7 mi
- Mount Donwell: 24.2 mi
- McKamy Spring: 11.8 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 22.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 24.4 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 5.5 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 17.2 mi
- Muddy Creek: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Meditation Foundation Maze. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | WNW 293° | 218 m | 24.2 mi |
| Chalk Hill | WSW 247° | 202 m | 6.1 mi |
| Flower Mound | NW 316° | 202 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallas FAA AP, 5 mi away.
- Lincoln's Sparrow426 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle387 obs
- White-throated Sparrow369 obs
- White-winged Dove340 obs
- Mallard279 obs
- Ovenbird244 obs
- Rock Pigeon200 obs
- Common Yellowthroat178 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10111805510
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