Western Heights Cemetery
Western Heights Cemetery is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Clyde Barrow grave, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 6.1 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1988
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fountain Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Coombs Creek Greenbelt: 0.3 mi
- Annie Stevens Park: 0.8 mi
- Twelve Hills Nature Center: 0.9 mi
- Kessler Parkway: 0.9 mi
- Seventh: 1.5 mi
- George Dealey Statue: 2.4 mi
- This Place, Everywhere: 2.5 mi
- Kangaroo: 2.5 mi
- Armadillo: 2.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.4 mi
- Nasher Sculpture Garden: 3.1 mi
- Meditation Foundation Maze: 3.2 mi
- Deep Ellum Urban Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Liberty Street Garden: 3.9 mi
- concrete hamburger: 2.2 mi
- Reunion Tower: 2.3 mi
- Giraffe Feeding Station: 2.6 mi
- Predator Encounter: 2.6 mi
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 2.7 mi
- Clyde Barrow grave: 0.0 mi
- Western Heights Church of Christ: 0.4 mi
- Bilbo Jitney Line, Headquarters Site: 0.7 mi
- Sunset High School: 1.4 mi
- Merrifield Cemetery: 1.4 mi
- Oswald Rooming House Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza: 2.4 mi
- Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: 2.5 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 2.6 mi
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science: 2.7 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 3.3 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Joppa Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 9.3 mi
- McCommas Bluff Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Chalk Hill: 2.9 mi
- Flower Mound: 21.5 mi
- Mount Donwell: 21.9 mi
- Murray Hill: 22.4 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 23.8 mi
- La Reunion: 0.8 mi
- Sowers: 9.4 mi
- Lawson: 16.9 mi
- Camey Spur: 22.1 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 2.4 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 5.9 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 23.0 mi
- McKamy Spring: 13.8 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 20.7 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Western Heights Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | WNW 299° | 218 m | 21.9 mi |
| Murray Hill | WSW 248° | 209 m | 22.4 mi |
| Chalk Hill | WSW 241° | 202 m | 2.9 mi |
| Flower Mound | NW 323° | 202 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mayor's Hill | NW 308° | 180 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallas FAA AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403566559
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