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Alta Vista Park

Alta Vista Park from directly overhead

Alta Vista Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 143 m. Hubby Hill stands 225 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Kendrick Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 2.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
143 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.51282, -97.13711

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kendrick Park: 0.8 mi
  • South Waco Park: 1.0 mi
  • Council Acres Park: 1.8 mi
  • Legends Crossing Park: 1.8 mi
  • Bells Hill Park: 1.8 mi
Museums: 11
Gardens: 7
  • Garden of Contentment: 2.3 mi
  • National Pan-Hellenic Council Gardens: 2.6 mi
  • Gregory Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Gregory Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Erica Cummings Memorial Prayer Garden: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Waco Traffic Circle: 0.8 mi
  • Historic Bell: 23.3 mi
  • CCC Plaque: 23.3 mi
  • Bird Blind: 23.6 mi
  • CCC Rock Tower: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Pullin Family Marina Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Mcc beach: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Hubby Hill: 12.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alta Vista Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hubby HillSW 223°225 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0819:40
June solstice06:2520:0120:37
September equinox07:1818:5519:27
December solstice07:2516:5317:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657481858578685749
Precip in2.72.73.53.24.43.61.92.43.24.32.92.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waco DAM, 8 mi away.

  • Great-tailed Grackle49 obs
  • Pinkladies22 obs
  • Gulf Coast Toad22 obs
  • Milk Snail16 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko14 obs
  • firewheel14 obs
  • Texas Spiny Lizard12 obs
  • Texas bluebonnet12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/256741816

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