Great Trinity Forest Gateway and Horse Trail
Great Trinity Forest Gateway and Horse Trail is a nature reserve in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Chalk Hill stands 202 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fireside Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 14 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dallas Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fireside Park: 1.2 mi
- Woodland Springs Park: 1.8 mi
- Crawford Park: 2.0 mi
- Rylie Park: 2.2 mi
- Rylie Stadium: 2.2 mi
- Rylie Cemetery: 2.3 mi
- Rylie Prairie: 2.5 mi
- Dawdy's Ferry: 2.5 mi
- First Baptist Church of Hutchins: 3.2 mi
- Hutchins Memorial Cemetery: 3.2 mi
- Texas Star: 7.8 mi
- Love Bugs: 7.9 mi
- Fiji Senior Sign: 8.1 mi
- Giraffe Feeding Station: 8.6 mi
- Predator Encounter: 8.6 mi
- Texas Woofus: 8.0 mi
- Fiji Sign: 8.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty (mini): 8.1 mi
- Chimp Family: 8.6 mi
- Monkey: 8.6 mi
- Polinator Garden: 1.9 mi
- Kalachandji's Garden: 8.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.7 mi
- Deep Ellum Urban Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Renee's Garden: 9.2 mi
- Light Crust Doughboys Hall of Fame Museum: 7.3 mi
- Dallas Museum of Natural History: 7.9 mi
- African American Museum: 8.1 mi
- The Dallas Firefighter's Museum: 8.4 mi
- Oswald Rooming House Museum: 9.6 mi
- McCommas Bluff Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 1.9 mi
- Joppa Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Trinity River Green Belt - Goat Island Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Lawson: 6.8 mi
- La Reunion: 11.4 mi
- Sowers: 20.5 mi
- Crisp: 20.6 mi
- Telico: 23.7 mi
- Chalk Hill: 12.9 mi
- Sand Hill: 16.1 mi
- Breezy Hill: 23.0 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 8.8 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 15.7 mi
- McKamy Spring: 18.1 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 22.1 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Great Trinity Forest Gateway and Horse Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Hill | WNW 289° | 202 m | 12.9 mi |
| Breezy Hill | E 82° | 165 m | 23.0 mi |
| Sand Hill | SE 131° | 117 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:02 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:48 | 17:25 |
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 | 47 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ferris, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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