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Site of Confederate Park

Site of Confederate Park from directly overhead

Site of Confederate Park is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Indian Knob stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakeside Courts, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2000
Material: aluminium

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Historical Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.82292, -97.50225

1.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Lakeside Courts: 0.4 mi
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge: 2.3 mi
Casino Park: 2.8 mi
Mosque Point Park: 2.9 mi
Love Circle Park: 3.0 mi

Historic sites

Texas in the Civil War: Confederate Veterans: 3.8 mi
Home Town of Texas Confederate General H.P. Mabry: 3.8 mi
Home Town of Texas Confederate Major K.M. Van Zandt: 3.8 mi
Smith-Frazier Cemetery: 4.4 mi
William Terry Allen Log Cabin: 5.1 mi

Artworks49

Attractions44

Pearls Dance Hall: 9.0 mi
Cowtown Coliseum Rodeo: 9.3 mi
Livestock Exchange Building: 9.3 mi
Cowtown Cattlepen Maze: 9.4 mi
Stockyards: 9.4 mi

Museums39

Azle Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
Vintage Flying Museum: 8.5 mi
Fort Worth Aviation Museum: 8.6 mi
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame: 9.3 mi
Christian Arts Museum: 9.3 mi

Gardens30

Greenhouse and Gardens: 7.1 mi
Rosie the Riveter Memorial Rose Garden: 8.5 mi
Water Conservation Garden: 9.8 mi
Adelaide Polk Fuller Garden: 9.8 mi
Margery Leonard Courtyard: 9.8 mi

Peaks20

Burton Knob: 9.2 mi
Reno Peak: 11.1 mi
Blue Mound: 12.1 mi
Chattanooga Hill: 13.4 mi
Tater Hill: 14.4 mi

Nature reserves4

Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 7.5 mi
Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 19.8 mi
Bob Jones Nature Center: 23.8 mi
Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 23.9 mi

Cliffs3

Lone Point: 1.8 mi
Inspiration Point: 5.5 mi
Bluff Overlook: 19.6 mi

Ghost towns3

Elizabethtown: 19.0 mi
Agnes, Texas: 19.8 mi
Rush Creek: 22.4 mi

Beaches1

Twin Points Beach: 3.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Indian Knob	WNW 301°	387 m	17.2 mi
Skeen Peak	NW 304°	373 m	21.2 mi
Oyster Hill	WSW 254°	351 m	18.1 mi
Buck Knob	WNW 292°	345 m	16.0 mi
Tater Nob	SW 230°	344 m	18.5 mi
Tater Hill	WNW 301°	343 m	14.4 mi
Chattanooga Hill	SW 228°	330 m	13.4 mi
Joe Bell Mountain	WSW 244°	324 m	15.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:35	19:09	19:42
June solstice	06:23	20:06	20:42
September equinox	07:19	18:56	19:28
December solstice	07:29	16:51	17:28

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	46	50	57	65	73	81	86	86	78	67	56	48
Precip in	2.2	2.5	3.4	3.3	4.4	4.2	2.2	2.4	3.0	4.2	2.9	2.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Worth Nature CTR, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element node/13971409987

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