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Timber Preserve Placard

Timber Preserve Placard from directly overhead

Timber Preserve Placard is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Chalk Hill stands 202 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Timbers Nature Preserve Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 11 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
Timber Preserve Placard Monument

How to reach it

Coordinates33.00662, -96.60632

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Timbers Nature Preserve Park: 0.1 mi
  • Travis Farm Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wyndsor Park: 1.0 mi
  • Waters Edge Park: 1.0 mi
  • Murphy Central Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
  • Whirlwind: 5.5 mi
  • Over the Moon: 5.5 mi
  • Endless: 5.5 mi
  • One of a Kind: 5.6 mi
  • Bush Turnpike Columns: 5.6 mi
Gardens
  • Flower Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Veg Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Jeremiahs Plot: 7.7 mi
  • Eco Hub: 8.1 mi
  • Rock Garden: 8.4 mi
Museums: 41
  • Play Street Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Sachse Historical Society: 2.1 mi
  • North Texas Masonic Historical Museum & Library: 5.5 mi
  • Interurban Railway Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Garland Landmark Museum: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 41
Nature reserves: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Day Use Sites: 9.5 mi
  • Seeligston picnic area: 10.4 mi
  • picnic tables: 10.7 mi
  • Parkside Food Truck Park: 11.0 mi
  • The Corral: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Peaks: 4
  • Hays Hills: 16.9 mi
  • Grayhawk Hill: 20.1 mi
  • Monarch Hill: 20.4 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Muddy Creek: 6.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • McKamy Spring: 8.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • SoPac Trail Rest Area: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Little Elm Beach: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chalk HillSW 222°202 m24.4 mi
Hays HillsNE 47°180 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0619:38
June solstice06:1920:0320:39
September equinox07:1518:5219:25
December solstice07:2616:4717:24

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444856637179838376665546
Precip in2.62.73.53.74.74.11.92.13.14.43.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lavon DAM, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6037357632

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