Cottonwood Park
Cottonwood Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 170 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Demonstration of the First Working Integrated Circuit, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 2.6 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 170 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Demonstration of the First Working Integrated Circuit: 0.4 mi
- Floyd Pioneer Cemetery: 1.1 mi
- Hamilton Park Community: 1.3 mi
- Mount Calvary Cemetery: 1.3 mi
- McKamy Spring: 1.4 mi
- Dover Elementary School Garden: 0.6 mi
- Creekside Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- UT Dallas Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 3.7 mi
- Eco Hub: 4.3 mi
- The Falls Park: 0.8 mi
- Durham Park: 1.0 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 1.0 mi
- Hamilton Park: 1.2 mi
- McKamy Park: 1.4 mi
- Heights Rocket: 2.0 mi
- Stacked Friends: 2.6 mi
- UTD Mural: 3.5 mi
- Wise: 3.5 mi
- Great Potential: 3.5 mi
- Temoc: 3.4 mi
- Northaven Trail: 4.2 mi
- Little Saigon: 4.6 mi
- Topgolf: 4.6 mi
- Liberty Park Tank: 5.6 mi
- Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum: 3.4 mi
- Play Street Museum: 4.3 mi
- Cavanaugh Flight Museum: 5.1 mi
- Heritage Farmstead Museum: 6.0 mi
- Interurban Railway Museum: 6.7 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 9.4 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 9.7 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 16.1 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 13.9 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 14.5 mi
- The Corral: 15.2 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Camey Spur: 11.8 mi
- La Reunion: 13.4 mi
- Nickelville: 14.5 mi
- Sowers: 15.4 mi
- Lawson: 19.6 mi
- Chalk Hill: 15.2 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 18.7 mi
- Flower Mound: 18.7 mi
- Monarch Hill: 19.4 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 24.1 mi
- McKamy Spring: 1.4 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 6.4 mi
- Muddy Creek: 12.4 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 18.9 mi
- Shayhan Point: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | W 267° | 218 m | 24.3 mi |
| Chalk Hill | SSW 210° | 202 m | 15.2 mi |
| Flower Mound | WNW 287° | 202 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mayor's Hill | W 277° | 180 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
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 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richardson, 4 mi away.
- Mallard213 obs
- Green Anole207 obs
- Northern Shoveler159 obs
- Pond Slider147 obs
- Canada Goose127 obs
- Blue Jay117 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel115 obs
- Monarch110 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/448735274
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