Fish Creek Forest Preserve
Fish Creek Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Brushy Mound stands 275 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kirby Creek Nature Education Center, a park 1.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 11 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Kirby Creek Nature Education Center: 1.1 mi
- Friendship Park: 1.4 mi
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Park: 1.7 mi
- Bradshaw Park: 1.8 mi
- Valley Park: 1.8 mi
- Ruthe Jackson Outdoor Garden: 1.6 mi
- Fish Creek Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Jerry Taylor Memorial Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Jerry Taylor Memorial Garden: 12.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 12.0 mi
- Illuvia: 2.3 mi
- Penn Farm Agricultural Heritage Center: 3.8 mi
- Judge Roy Scream: 6.6 mi
- Security Checkpoint & Front Gate: 6.7 mi
- Sylvester & Tweety Pounce and Bounce: 6.7 mi
- Cross Timbers: 3.0 mi
- Southland Cemetery, Old: 3.6 mi
- Dallas Baptist University (Decatur Baptist College): 3.8 mi
- Avion Village: 4.0 mi
- John Shelby Wisdom: 4.1 mi
- Texas Air Command Museum: 5.2 mi
- Cedar Hill Museum of History: 6.5 mi
- International Museum of Cultures: 6.6 mi
- Legends of the Game Baseball Museum: 6.9 mi
- National Medal of Honor Museum: 7.2 mi
- Cedar Ridge Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center: 4.8 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 8.6 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 13.2 mi
- Chalk Hill: 8.0 mi
- Murray Hill: 12.0 mi
- Poverty Knob: 16.7 mi
- Mount Donwell: 19.5 mi
- Brushy Mound: 22.0 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Red Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 12.8 mi
- La Reunion: 10.2 mi
- Sowers: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 11.6 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 14.3 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 13.1 mi
- McKamy Spring: 24.0 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 3.7 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fish Creek Forest Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Mound | WSW 247° | 275 m | 22.0 mi |
| Turkey Peak | WSW 245° | 266 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Donwell | NNW 329° | 218 m | 19.5 mi |
| Town Common | NNW 331° | 216.71 m | 24.7 mi |
| Poverty Knob | SW 225° | 216 m | 16.7 mi |
| Murray Hill | W 259° | 209 m | 12.0 mi |
| Chalk Hill | NE 54° | 202 m | 8.0 mi |
| Flower Mound | N 351° | 202 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:49 | 17:27 |
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 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JOE Pool Lake, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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