Roark-Griffith Pottery Site
Roark-Griffith Pottery Site is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Mount Olive stands 255 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Alexandrite Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2021
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Alexandrite Park: 0.9 mi
- Jake's Place Park: 1.4 mi
- Providence Village Playground and Ball Fields: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Field Park: 2.5 mi
- Liberty Park: 2.5 mi
- Leo the Lion: 5.2 mi
- Inspirational Sculpture: 6.9 mi
- Harmony: 7.6 mi
- November Devil: 7.8 mi
- The Tribute Rock Snake: 7.8 mi
- Taylor Family Cemetery: 0.9 mi
- Oak Grove Methodist Church: 1.4 mi
- Harrington, Cassady and Clark Cemeteries: 2.0 mi
- Button Memorial United Methodist Church: 4.9 mi
- Community of Little Elm: 5.1 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 7.7 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 7.7 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 8.7 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 8.9 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 7.6 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 7.8 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 8.0 mi
- African American Museum: 8.0 mi
- National Videogame Museum: 10.5 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 7.1 mi
- Monarch Hill: 7.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 11.1 mi
- Pilot Knob: 12.3 mi
- Blue Mound: 12.4 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 8.3 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 15.0 mi
- Crayola Experience: 15.7 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 17.0 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 17.1 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 13.3 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 17.2 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 17.3 mi
- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary: 22.6 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- The Corral: 16.4 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 17.4 mi
- Seeligston picnic area: 22.5 mi
- Camey Spur: 12.0 mi
- Elizabethtown: 20.8 mi
- Parris: 22.9 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 4.7 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 14.0 mi
- Shayhan Point: 4.0 mi
- Muddy Creek: 22.2 mi
- McKamy Spring: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Roark-Griffith Pottery Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive | NNW 346° | 255 m | 18.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WSW 250° | 253 m | 12.3 mi |
| Blue Mound | WNW 290° | 244 m | 12.4 mi |
| Long Point | WSW 248° | 234 m | 13.3 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | NNW 342° | 232 m | 24.6 mi |
| Crawford Hill | WSW 245° | 231 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Donwell | SSW 207° | 218 m | 22.8 mi |
| Town Common | SW 219° | 217 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:48 | 17:25 |
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 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton 2 SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12389325975
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