Forest Hill Park
Forest Hill Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 1,116 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,156 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cattleman's Cafe Neon Sign, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 70 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1116 m
How to reach it
- 70.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- On the Texas Plains Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Price College: 0.5 mi
- Amarillo Livestock Auction: 1.1 mi
- Amarillo Tri-State Fair: 1.7 mi
- Amarillo Tri-State Fair & Rodeo Entrance: 1.7 mi
- Amarillo: 2.1 mi
- Whittier Elementary School Park: 0.6 mi
- Gene Howe Park: 0.8 mi
- Martin Road Park: 1.0 mi
- Martin Road Park North: 1.0 mi
- Will Rogers School Park: 1.1 mi
- Cattleman's Cafe Neon Sign: 0.3 mi
- Amarillo Tri-State Fair & Rodeo Main Entrance: 1.7 mi
- Tascosa Drive-In: 2.1 mi
- Madam Queen: 2.2 mi
- Hornet: 2.5 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Goat Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Cooley Butte: 17.1 mi
- American Quarter Horse Museum: 2.2 mi
- Texas Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame: 2.8 mi
- Harrington House: 3.1 mi
- Amarillo Museum of Art: 3.8 mi
- AC Museum of natural history: 3.9 mi
- Southeast Park Pavilion: 18.8 mi
- Lois Rice Pavilion: 19.0 mi
- 1: 19.5 mi
- 2: 19.5 mi
- 3: 19.5 mi
- Rick Husband: 2.3 mi
- Heart: 2.6 mi
- Horse: 2.6 mi
- Richard Daniel Baker Peace Park: 13.4 mi
- Citizens Bank Plaza White Buffalo: 17.8 mi
- Hope Garden: 4.6 mi
- 6th Street Urban Farm: 4.9 mi
- The Palisades: 11.1 mi
- Fortress Cliff: 20.4 mi
- River Falls: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Mountain | W 274° | 1,156 m | 14.3 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | W 280° | 1,126 m | 12.7 mi |
| John Ray | NNW 344° | 1,117 m | 24.9 mi |
| Coyote Bluff | WNW 292° | 1,088 m | 13.9 mi |
| Wildcat Bluff | W 278° | 1,082 m | 8.7 mi |
| Rotten Hill | WNW 294° | 1,035 m | 23.7 mi |
| Five Fingers | WNW 291° | 1,030 m | 24.2 mi |
| Cooley Butte | SSE 159° | 1,029 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:26 | 19:59 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:28 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 17:00 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amarillo 7ene, 5 mi away.
- field bindweed9 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad9 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill7 obs
- henbit deadnettle7 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle5 obs
- American Robin5 obs
- European Starling5 obs
- Convergent Lady Beetle5 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/722668246
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