Gateway Park
Gateway Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 126 m. Chalk Hill stands 202 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Glover Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 9.5 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 126 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Glover Park: 0.6 mi
- Bisbee Parkway: 1.0 mi
- Devon Park: 1.2 mi
- Umphress Park: 1.2 mi
- Urbandale Park: 1.2 mi
- W. W. Glover Cemetery: 1.2 mi
- Site of Peacock Military Academy: 1.2 mi
- Pleasant Mound "Public" Cemetery: 1.2 mi
- Pleasant Mound Cemetery: 1.3 mi
- Pleasant Mound Methodist Church: 1.5 mi
- Texas Star: 3.6 mi
- Love Bugs: 3.7 mi
- The Barbara and Bob Bigham Scenic Overlook: 4.5 mi
- Cissy Thomsen Welcoming Water Wall: 4.6 mi
- Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden: 4.6 mi
- Texas Woofus: 3.6 mi
- Statue of Liberty (mini): 3.8 mi
- Deep Ellumphants: 4.7 mi
- Natural Encounter: 4.7 mi
- Don't Pannek: 4.7 mi
- Polinator Garden: 3.7 mi
- Kalachandji's Garden: 3.7 mi
- Verandah Zen Fountain Oasis: 4.3 mi
- Eugenia Leftwich Palmer Fern Dell: 4.6 mi
- All American Selections Trial Garden: 4.6 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 3.6 mi
- McCommas Bluff Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Joppa Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Great Trinity Forest Gateway and Horse Trail: 5.1 mi
- Lawson: 8.8 mi
- La Reunion: 9.0 mi
- Sowers: 17.4 mi
- Nickelville: 20.7 mi
- Camey Spur: 24.4 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 6.8 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 11.4 mi
- Day Use Sites: 24.6 mi
- Chalk Hill: 10.9 mi
- Sand Hill: 20.6 mi
- Breezy Hill: 24.2 mi
- McKamy Spring: 13.0 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 24.6 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 6.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 21.0 mi
- Muddy Creek: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gateway Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Hill | W 266° | 202 m | 10.9 mi |
| Breezy Hill | E 94° | 165 m | 24.2 mi |
| Sand Hill | SE 139° | 117 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:02 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:48 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–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 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallas FAA AP, 10 mi away.
- Carolina buckthorn50 obs
- inland ceanothus50 obs
- American beautyberry45 obs
- eastern redbud43 obs
- Amur honeysuckle41 obs
- Heavenly bamboo40 obs
- Chinese Photinia40 obs
- Rusty Blackhaw37 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/452935815
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