Big Rocks Park
Big Rocks Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Lone Mountain stands 429 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Paluxy Heritage Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail runs past it. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- On the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Campbell Building: 0.6 mi
- First National Bank: 0.6 mi
- Somervell County Courthouse: 0.6 mi
- Somervell County Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Somervell County: 0.6 mi
- Paluxy Heritage Park: 0.4 mi
- Chauncey Park: 0.6 mi
- Crump Park: 0.6 mi
- Somervell County Park: 0.8 mi
- Glen Rose Soccer Park: 0.9 mi
- Berry Knob: 8.9 mi
- Barnard Knob: 9.5 mi
- Comanche Peak: 10.3 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 14.2 mi
- Greetings from Glen Rose: 0.5 mi
- Paluxy Trading Co.: 0.6 mi
- Barnards of the Brazos: 0.6 mi
- Historic Glen Rose: 0.6 mi
- Historic Barnards Mill: 0.8 mi
- Somervell County Historical Society Museum: 0.6 mi
- Barnard's Mill and Art Museum: 0.8 mi
- Creation Evidence Museum: 3.5 mi
- Walnut Springs City Museum: 12.5 mi
- County Jail Museum: 14.4 mi
- Comanche Peak: 10.2 mi
- Hendrick Arnold Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Bluff Mills: 15.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Somervell County Master Gardeners Demo Garden: 0.5 mi
- elizabeth crockett butterfly Garden: 14.4 mi
- Lake Granbury Master Gardener Demonstration Garden: 14.5 mi
- Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Iris Garden: 20.5 mi
- Apatosaurus: 4.1 mi
- Tyrannosaurus rex: 4.2 mi
- The Spirit of Cleburne: 22.1 mi
- ATSF 999457: 22.6 mi
- Billy the Kid Statue: 24.3 mi
- Brazos Point: 8.2 mi
- Chalk Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Three Way: 17.5 mi
- Duffau: 19.4 mi
- Glen Rose Bird Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Acton Nature Center: 14.4 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 20.4 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 15.5 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 15.9 mi
- Old City Spring: 22.1 mi
- Canoe Docks: 11.7 mi
- Acton Tabernacle: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Rocks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Mountain | WSW 251° | 429 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 262° | 427 m | 21.8 mi |
| Lone Mountain | WSW 251° | 413 m | 14.8 mi |
| Chalk Mountain | WSW 248° | 390 m | 11.3 mi |
| Comanche Peak | NNW 342° | 373 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | SSW 200° | 362 m | 14.5 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SSW 199° | 359 m | 14.2 mi |
| Johnson Peak | SSW 200° | 358 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:54 | 17:31 |
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 | 44 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 76 | 65 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rainbow, 3 mi away.
- Texas Spiny Lizard27 obs
- Texas Paintbrush26 obs
- Gulf Fritillary24 obs
- Chinaberry23 obs
- Common Spotted Whiptail19 obs
- Mallard18 obs
- Pale Yucca18 obs
- Texas bluebonnet16 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/468738274
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