Flower Mound
Flower Mound is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Blue Mound stands 264 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluebonnet Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 12 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1984
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Monarch Waystation: 1.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 2.4 mi
- Huang Garden: 4.4 mi
- Rich Lubke Community Organic Garden: 5.2 mi
- Botanical Garden at Heritage Park: 5.4 mi
- Civitas: 3.3 mi
- AMC Grapevine Mills Globe: 3.5 mi
- Round 1 Pin: 3.7 mi
- Benjamin Richard Wall: 5.2 mi
- Grapevine Springs: 5.2 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 3.5 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 3.6 mi
- Moxley Manor: 12.5 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 13.3 mi
- Crayola Experience: 13.5 mi
- Ayden's Place: 0.5 mi
- Flower Mound Presbyterian Church: 0.7 mi
- Flower Mound Cemetery: 0.7 mi
- McCombs Cemetery: 2.0 mi
- Kierstin Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Grapevine Historic Museum: 5.5 mi
- Nash Farm Museum: 5.6 mi
- Roanoke Engine 1: 9.5 mi
- Boy Scouts of America National Museum: 10.4 mi
- AW Perry Homestead: 10.6 mi
- Bluebonnet Park: 0.3 mi
- Rheudasil Park: 0.5 mi
- Forest Park: 0.5 mi
- Bryn Mar Park: 0.5 mi
- Wilkerson Park: 0.6 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 6.5 mi
- Town Common: 8.5 mi
- Mount Donwell: 9.2 mi
- Crawford Hill: 11.2 mi
- Long Point: 12.0 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 2.9 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 4.9 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 16.7 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 18.9 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 16.3 mi
- The Corral: 22.1 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 22.5 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 23.8 mi
- Elizabethtown: 12.2 mi
- Camey Spur: 13.1 mi
- Sowers: 13.6 mi
- La Reunion: 21.4 mi
- Shayhan Point: 10.2 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 12.1 mi
- McKamy Spring: 19.8 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flower Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | WSW 254° | 264 m | 17.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NW 321° | 253 m | 12.2 mi |
| Long Point | NW 316° | 234 m | 12.0 mi |
| Crawford Hill | NW 315° | 231 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Donwell | SW 224° | 218 m | 9.2 mi |
| Town Common | WSW 258° | 217 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 329° | 207 m | 13.3 mi |
| Chalk Hill | SSE 151° | 202 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:04 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
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 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grapevine DAM, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9887732018
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