Winnetka Heights
Winnetka Heights is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Winnetka Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 7.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Human settlement in Oak Cliff, Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q8025636, matched on coordinates and name (146 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1982
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Winnetka Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Kevin W. Sloan Park: 0.3 mi
- Heights Garden: 0.3 mi
- Greiner Park: 0.4 mi
- Twelve Hills Nature Center: 0.7 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
- Meditation Foundation Maze: 3.8 mi
- Nasher Sculpture Garden: 4.0 mi
- Deep Ellum Urban Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Liberty Street Garden: 4.6 mi
- Predator Encounter: 1.9 mi
- Giraffe Feeding Station: 1.9 mi
- Fiji Senior Sign: 2.6 mi
- Reunion Tower: 3.0 mi
- concrete hamburger: 3.6 mi
- Tyler Street United Methodist Church: 0.4 mi
- Sunset High School: 0.5 mi
- Merrifield Cemetery: 0.7 mi
- Texas Theatre: 1.1 mi
- Cliff Temple Baptist Church: 1.2 mi
- Oswald Rooming House Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza: 3.2 mi
- Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: 3.3 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 3.4 mi
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science: 3.7 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 4.8 mi
- Joppa Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 8.7 mi
- McCommas Bluff Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Chalk Hill: 2.6 mi
- Murray Hill: 22.0 mi
- Mount Donwell: 22.6 mi
- Flower Mound: 22.6 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 24.8 mi
- La Reunion: 1.2 mi
- Sowers: 10.2 mi
- Lawson: 16.6 mi
- Camey Spur: 23.5 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 1.7 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 7.3 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 22.6 mi
- McKamy Spring: 15.0 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 19.4 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 9.2 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Winnetka Heights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | WNW 302° | 218 m | 22.6 mi |
| Murray Hill | WSW 252° | 209 m | 22.0 mi |
| Chalk Hill | W 271° | 202 m | 2.6 mi |
| Flower Mound | NW 325° | 202 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mayor's Hill | NW 310° | 180 m | 24.8 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, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallas Redbird AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12403582227
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