Capps Park
Capps Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Tater Nob stands 344 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Travis Avenue Baptist Church, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 8.6 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 212 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Travis Avenue Baptist Church: 0.1 mi
- Lanius House: 0.7 mi
- Sandidge-Walker House: 0.7 mi
- Elizabeth Boulevard: 0.8 mi
- Grammer-Pierce House: 1.0 mi
- Ryan Place Park: 0.3 mi
- Jennings-May-St. Louis Park: 0.4 mi
- Victory Forest Park: 0.5 mi
- Victoria: 0.5 mi
- Worth Heights Park: 1.1 mi
- Rogers-O'Daniel House: 1.2 mi
- World of Primates: 1.8 mi
- Elephant: 1.8 mi
- Lower Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Republic of Texas Garden: 2.7 mi
- Horned Frog Statue: 1.5 mi
- Nature’s Essence: 2.8 mi
- Drift: 2.8 mi
- Jim Finley's Pump Jack: 2.8 mi
- Stage: 2.9 mi
- JUNETEENTH MUSEUM: 2.1 mi
- Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Museum: 2.3 mi
- Lenora Rolla: 2.3 mi
- Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center: 3.0 mi
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas: 3.0 mi
- International Friendship Garden: 1.5 mi
- Victor and Cleyone Tinsley Rock Springs Garden: 2.6 mi
- Compost Outpost: 2.7 mi
- Rose Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Backyard Vegetable Garden: 2.7 mi
- Murray Hill: 8.7 mi
- Brushy Mound: 10.6 mi
- Turkey Peak: 11.4 mi
- Poverty Knob: 15.7 mi
- Caddo Peak: 16.0 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 14.7 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 17.9 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center: 22.0 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 7.2 mi
- Inspiration Point: 7.7 mi
- Lone Point: 11.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 14.7 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 18.4 mi
- Sowers: 21.7 mi
- Elizabethtown: 22.1 mi
- Old City Spring: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Capps Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Nob | W 261° | 344 m | 24.1 mi |
| Chattanooga Hill | W 268° | 330 m | 19.8 mi |
| Joe Bell Mountain | W 273° | 324 m | 23.5 mi |
| Caddo Peak | SSW 195° | 303 m | 16.0 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SSW 197° | 303 m | 18.1 mi |
| Burton Knob | NW 312° | 278 m | 21.8 mi |
| Brushy Mound | S 184° | 275 m | 10.6 mi |
| Turkey Peak | S 185° | 266 m | 11.4 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 | 07:28 | 16:50 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–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 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benbrook DAM, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel523 obs
- Green Anole236 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle151 obs
- Eastern Musk Turtle149 obs
- Western Honey Bee121 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard118 obs
- Pond Slider108 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle107 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/469532028
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