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Bowles Park

Bowles Park from directly overhead

Bowles Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 143 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Jordan-Bowles House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 5.5 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
143 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.75648, -96.96492

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Live Oak Park: 0.6 mi
  • Turner Park: 1.8 mi
  • Charley Taylor Park: 2.2 mi
  • Running Bear Park: 2.3 mi
  • Market Square: 2.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Nature reserves: 15
Peaks: 7
  • Chalk Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Murray Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Mount Donwell: 16.6 mi
  • Flower Mound: 18.8 mi
  • Mayor's Hill: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Outpost: 8.6 mi
  • Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 8.7 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Cedar Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Red Bluff: 16.1 mi
  • Bluff Overlook: 16.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • McKamy Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Hawkins Spring: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lynn Creek Park Beach: 9.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • SoPac Trail Rest Area: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DonwellNW 312°218 m16.6 mi
Town CommonNW 319°216.71 m21.4 mi
Poverty KnobSW 219°216 m22.3 mi
Murray HillWSW 241°209 m15.9 mi
Chalk HillE 100°202 m4.4 mi
Flower MoundNNW 342°202 m18.8 mi
Mayor's HillNW 322°180 m19.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:40
June solstice06:2120:0320:40
September equinox07:1718:5419:26
December solstice07:2716:4917:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454957647281858477665547
Precip in2.73.23.53.34.73.82.52.43.44.82.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arlington SIX Flags, 6 mi away.

  • Western Kingbird15 obs
  • Pinkladies14 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel13 obs
  • giant ragweed13 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk13 obs
  • Western Honey Bee12 obs
  • Common Whitetail11 obs
  • honey mesquite11 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/453121002

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