Alta Mesa Park
Alta Mesa Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 156 m. Murray Hill stands 209 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Judge Charles R. Rose Community Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 14 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 156 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Judge Charles R. Rose Community Park: 0.8 mi
- Cedardale Park: 0.9 mi
- Singing Hills Park: 1.2 mi
- Highland Hills Park: 1.3 mi
- Arden Terrace Park: 1.5 mi
- Ryan Tower: 1.5 mi
- Lisbon Cemetery: 2.7 mi
- Hutchins Memorial Cemetery: 3.4 mi
- First Baptist Church of Hutchins: 3.8 mi
- First Methodist Church of Hutchins: 3.8 mi
- Snake Encounters: 4.5 mi
- Predator Encounter: 5.8 mi
- Giraffe Feeding Station: 5.8 mi
- Fiji Senior Sign: 6.1 mi
- Texas Star: 8.1 mi
- Chimp Family: 5.7 mi
- Monkey: 5.7 mi
- Crocodile: 5.7 mi
- Gorilla Family: 5.7 mi
- Ostrich: 5.7 mi
- Polinator Garden: 5.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.2 mi
- Meditation Foundation Maze: 8.3 mi
- Deep Ellum Urban Gardens: 8.4 mi
- Liberty Street Garden: 8.9 mi
- Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center: 5.0 mi
- Commemorative Air Force Headquarters: 5.0 mi
- Fred and Barbara Clark Telling Restoration Hangar: 5.0 mi
- Oswald Rooming House Museum: 7.1 mi
- International Museum of Cultures: 7.6 mi
- Joppa Preserve: 3.7 mi
- McCommas Bluff Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 5.3 mi
- Great Trinity Forest Gateway and Horse Trail: 5.8 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 5.9 mi
- La Reunion: 8.3 mi
- Lawson: 12.6 mi
- Sowers: 17.0 mi
- Crisp: 21.4 mi
- Chalk Hill: 8.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 19.9 mi
- Murray Hill: 24.9 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 6.0 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 14.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 16.9 mi
- McKamy Spring: 19.6 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alta Mesa Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Hill | W 268° | 209 m | 24.9 mi |
| Chalk Hill | NW 311° | 202 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sand Hill | ESE 117° | 117 m | 19.9 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 | 20:02 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Cedar Elm76 obs
- Osage-orange52 obs
- Eastern Cottonwood44 obs
- sugar hackberry37 obs
- White rosinweed19 obs
- Northern Cardinal16 obs
- Quihoui privet14 obs
- pecan13 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/452935973
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