Wheeler School
Wheeler School is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Chalk Hill stands 202 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.1 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1986
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- McKamy Park: 0.3 mi
- Ruth Young Park: 0.4 mi
- Villas of Buckingham Park: 0.6 mi
- Buckingham Park: 0.8 mi
- McKamy Spring Park: 0.3 mi
- McKamy Spring: 0.3 mi
- First Presbyterian Church of Richardson: 0.5 mi
- First United Methodist Church Richardson: 0.7 mi
- Richardson: 1.0 mi
- Heights Rocket: 1.4 mi
- UTD Mural: 2.8 mi
- Wise: 2.9 mi
- Great Potential: 2.9 mi
- Big Bend: 2.9 mi
- Dover Elementary School Garden: 1.6 mi
- Creekside Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- UT Dallas Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Rock Garden: 3.1 mi
- Eco Hub: 3.6 mi
- Temoc: 2.9 mi
- Little Saigon: 3.5 mi
- Liberty Park Tank: 4.9 mi
- Topgolf: 5.3 mi
- Northaven Trail: 5.8 mi
- Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum: 2.8 mi
- Play Street Museum: 4.8 mi
- Heritage Farmstead Museum: 5.1 mi
- North Texas Masonic Historical Museum & Library: 5.4 mi
- Interurban Railway Museum: 5.4 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 10.1 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 11.2 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary: 16.5 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 10.1 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 13.6 mi
- The Corral: 14.4 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 15.0 mi
- Seeligston picnic area: 16.2 mi
- Camey Spur: 12.0 mi
- Nickelville: 12.8 mi
- La Reunion: 14.8 mi
- Sowers: 17.0 mi
- Lawson: 19.4 mi
- Chalk Hill: 16.6 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 18.7 mi
- Monarch Hill: 19.4 mi
- Flower Mound: 20.0 mi
- McKamy Spring: 0.3 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 7.0 mi
- Muddy Creek: 11.1 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 19.3 mi
- Shayhan Point: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wheeler School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Hill | SSW 214° | 202 m | 16.6 mi |
| Flower Mound | WNW 284° | 202 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:47 | 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 | 46 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richardson, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403582102
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