Buck Sansom Park
Buck Sansom Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Indian Knob stands 387 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Marine Creek Linear Park North, a park 0.5 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.4 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Marine Creek Linear Park North: 0.5 mi
- Marine Creek Linear Park: 0.8 mi
- Lincoln Park: 1.3 mi
- WT Maddox Park: 1.6 mi
- Rodeo Park: 1.7 mi
- Meacham Field: 1.1 mi
- Thannisch Block Building: 2.0 mi
- Fort Worth Stock Yards Entrance: 2.0 mi
- Thomas B. Saunders Family: 2.0 mi
- Coliseum: 2.0 mi
- Pearls Dance Hall: 1.8 mi
- Cowtown Coliseum Rodeo: 2.0 mi
- Livestock Exchange Building: 2.1 mi
- Cowtown Cattlepen Maze: 2.1 mi
- Stockyards: 2.2 mi
- Nibbles: 2.2 mi
- The Birds: 2.4 mi
- Cowboy Punk 2077: 2.6 mi
- Giving and Receiving: 2.9 mi
- Selah: 3.2 mi
- Vintage Flying Museum: 1.1 mi
- Fort Worth Aviation Museum: 1.1 mi
- Fort Worth Stockyards Museum: 2.1 mi
- Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame: 2.1 mi
- National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame: 2.3 mi
- Rosie the Riveter Memorial Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- Water Conservation Garden: 4.6 mi
- Pollinator Pathway: 4.7 mi
- Margery Leonard Courtyard: 4.7 mi
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden Gift Shop: 4.7 mi
- Blue Mound: 9.5 mi
- Mount Donwell: 13.8 mi
- Murray Hill: 15.0 mi
- Town Common: 15.7 mi
- Burton Knob: 15.8 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 10.7 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 16.4 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 18.4 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Inspiration Point: 2.5 mi
- Lone Point: 5.8 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 13.3 mi
- Red Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 8.1 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 23.4 mi
- Elizabethtown: 15.8 mi
- Sowers: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buck Sansom Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Knob | WNW 294° | 387 m | 24.2 mi |
| Buck Knob | WNW 287° | 345 m | 23.4 mi |
| Tater Nob | WSW 243° | 344 m | 24.1 mi |
| Tater Hill | WNW 293° | 343 m | 21.5 mi |
| Chattanooga Hill | WSW 246° | 330 m | 19.2 mi |
| Joe Bell Mountain | WSW 255° | 324 m | 22.0 mi |
| Caddo Peak | S 185° | 303 m | 22.7 mi |
| Brushy Knob | S 187° | 303 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:50 | 17:28 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Worth Meacham FLD, 1 mi away.
- Red-winged Blackbird39 obs
- Savannah Sparrow36 obs
- American Coot33 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron32 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle29 obs
- Dakota mock vervain26 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk25 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill24 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/505338438
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