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Parr Park Butterfly Habitat

Parr Park Butterfly Habitat from directly overhead

Parr Park Butterfly Habitat is a garden in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. Blue Mound stands 264 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Parr Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.9 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Monarch Waystation #10133

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Grapevine
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.90852, -97.11908

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parr Park: 0.2 mi
  • Kimzey Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wall-Farrar Park: 0.9 mi
  • Park Wood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Yorkshire Meadows Park: 1.2 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks: 13
  • Mount Donwell: 3.4 mi
  • Mayor's Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Town Common: 7.6 mi
  • Flower Mound: 7.9 mi
  • Blue Mound: 13.7 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Group Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Outpost: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Springs: 1
  • McKamy Spring: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • SoPac Trail Rest Area: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundW 281°264 m13.7 mi
Pilot KnobNNW 345°253 m17.4 mi
Long PointNNW 341°234 m16.7 mi
Crawford HillNNW 342°231 m16.0 mi
Mount DonwellW 281°218 m3.4 mi
Town CommonNW 317°216.71 m7.6 mi
Murray HillSSW 195°209 m18.8 mi
Bald KnobNNW 348°207 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0819:40
June solstice06:2120:0420:41
September equinox07:1718:5419:27
December solstice07:2816:4917:27

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454957647381858578675647
Precip in2.62.73.63.54.73.72.22.13.44.52.82.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grapevine DAM, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Cardinal178 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel160 obs
  • Green Anole123 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail122 obs
  • eastern poison ivy113 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle111 obs
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker101 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard98 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1021574009

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