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Briar Gate Park

Briar Gate Park from directly overhead

Briar Gate Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 159 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pecan Grove Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 9.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
159 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.70587, -96.87076

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Museums: 50
  • Commemorative Air Force Headquarters: 2.1 mi
  • Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center: 2.1 mi
  • Fred and Barbara Clark Telling Restoration Hangar: 2.1 mi
  • Oswald Rooming House Museum: 4.4 mi
  • International Museum of Cultures: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Peaks: 5
  • Chalk Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Murray Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Mount Donwell: 23.0 mi
  • Poverty Knob: 23.9 mi
  • Flower Mound: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • Cedar Bluff: 8.4 mi
  • Red Bluff: 17.8 mi
  • Bluff Overlook: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Hawkins Spring: 16.4 mi
  • McKamy Spring: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lynn Creek Park Beach: 10.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • SoPac Trail Rest Area: 12.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DonwellNW 310°218 m23.0 mi
Poverty KnobSW 235°216 m23.9 mi
Murray HillWSW 258°209 m19.8 mi
Chalk HillNNW 337°202 m3.0 mi
Flower MoundNNW 332°202 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:39
June solstice06:2120:0320:39
September equinox07:1618:5319:26
December solstice07:2716:4917:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485159667482868679685749
Precip in2.62.63.63.74.33.91.91.83.04.52.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallas Redbird AP, 2 mi away.

  • Cedar Elm110 obs
  • Quihoui privet109 obs
  • Chinese Photinia84 obs
  • Engelmann daisy83 obs
  • Mealy Blue Sage82 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle80 obs
  • Heavenly bamboo80 obs
  • Antelopehorn Milkweed70 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/452935964

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