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Dinosaur Valley State Park

Dinosaur Valley State Park from directly overhead

Dinosaur Valley State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 209 m. Lone Mountain stands 429 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Apatosaurus, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.24999, -97.81454
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Baker's Crossing: 1.2 mi
  • Beck Baseball/Softball Complex: 3.2 mi
  • Chauncey Park: 3.5 mi
  • Crump Park: 3.6 mi
  • Paluxy Heritage Park: 3.8 mi
Peaks: 15
  • Chalk Mountain: 8.2 mi
  • Comanche Peak: 9.0 mi
  • Lone Mountain: 11.5 mi
  • Barnard Knob: 12.2 mi
  • Berry Knob: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Historic Glen Rose: 3.6 mi
  • Barnards of the Brazos: 3.6 mi
  • Historic Barnards Mill: 3.6 mi
  • Paluxy Trading Co.: 3.6 mi
  • Greetings from Glen Rose: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 8
Museums: 8
Gardens: 8
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 4
  • Glen Rose Bird Sanctuary: 3.6 mi
  • Acton Nature Center: 15.5 mi
  • Stephenville Club Lake Nature Preserve: 21.7 mi
  • Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Acton Tabernacle: 15.4 mi
  • Open Roof Gazebo: 23.8 mi
  • Open Roof Gazebo: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Springs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Stephenville Club Lake Waterfalls: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lone MountainWSW 242°429 m12.6 mi
Bunker HillWSW 258°427 m18.0 mi
Lone MountainWSW 241°413 m11.5 mi
Chalk MountainSW 231°390 m8.2 mi
Comanche PeakN 5°373 m9.0 mi
Cedar MountainS 184°362 m14.4 mi
Flat Top MountainS 182°359 m14.2 mi
Johnson PeakS 189°358 m21.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1119:43
June solstice06:2620:0620:42
September equinox07:2018:5719:29
December solstice07:2916:5417:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444956647380858476655546
Precip in2.12.33.03.04.23.81.82.73.03.82.22.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rainbow, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Blanchard's Cricket Frog182 obs
  • Common Spotted Whiptail148 obs
  • Greater Earless Lizard146 obs
  • Texas Bull Nettle136 obs
  • Pale Yucca131 obs
  • little bluestem113 obs
  • river oats100 obs
  • Ashe juniper96 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/28663746

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