Forest Park
Forest Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 169 m. Tater Nob stands 344 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Trinity trails, a park 0.2 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 6.7 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 169 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Fort Worth
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Trinity trails: 0.2 mi
- Log Cabin Village: 0.4 mi
- Tillery Park: 0.4 mi
- Newby Park: 0.7 mi
- Fort Worth Botanic Garden: 1.0 mi
- Fort Worth Zoological Park: 0.2 mi
- Westbrook Estate: 0.4 mi
- Texas Log Cabins: 0.4 mi
- Thomas G. & Marjorie Shaw House: 0.5 mi
- Raymond C. Morrison: 0.8 mi
- World of Primates: 0.2 mi
- Elephant: 0.2 mi
- Lower Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Rogers-O'Daniel House: 0.8 mi
- Republic of Texas Garden: 0.8 mi
- Horned Frog Statue: 1.1 mi
- Jim Finley's Pump Jack: 1.8 mi
- Peleton: 2.0 mi
- Recess: 2.0 mi
- Nature’s Essence: 2.2 mi
- Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center: 1.1 mi
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas: 1.2 mi
- Van Zandt Cottage: 1.3 mi
- National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame: 1.4 mi
- Cattle Raisers Museum: 1.4 mi
- Victor and Cleyone Tinsley Rock Springs Garden: 0.7 mi
- Compost Outpost: 0.7 mi
- Backyard Vegetable Garden: 0.8 mi
- Rose Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Horsehoe Garden: 0.8 mi
- Murray Hill: 10.5 mi
- Brushy Mound: 12.0 mi
- Turkey Peak: 12.8 mi
- Blue Mound: 15.1 mi
- Mount Donwell: 17.0 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 15.7 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 16.0 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 22.3 mi
- Inspiration Point: 5.8 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 9.0 mi
- Lone Point: 9.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 12.8 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 20.1 mi
- Elizabethtown: 21.0 mi
- Sowers: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Nob | WSW 257° | 344 m | 23.0 mi |
| Chattanooga Hill | W 263° | 330 m | 18.5 mi |
| Joe Bell Mountain | W 270° | 324 m | 22.1 mi |
| Nebo Mountain | WSW 251° | 316 m | 24.8 mi |
| Caddo Peak | S 190° | 303 m | 17.1 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SSW 192° | 303 m | 19.1 mi |
| Burton Knob | NW 312° | 278 m | 19.9 mi |
| Brushy Mound | S 177° | 275 m | 12.0 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: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Worth NAS, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel959 obs
- Pond Slider844 obs
- Green Anole718 obs
- Mallard439 obs
- Monarch430 obs
- Western Honey Bee372 obs
- Great Blue Heron361 obs
- Gulf Fritillary324 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/152373072
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