Green Valley Raceway Historic Plaza
Green Valley Raceway Historic Plaza is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Burton Knob stands 278 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Founder's Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.3 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Small park commemorating the site of the former Green Valley Raceway, of which pavement remains can still be seen
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Founder's Park: 0.1 mi
- Dr. Pillow Park: 0.4 mi
- Tommy & Sue Brown Park: 0.6 mi
- Cherry Grove Linear Park: 0.8 mi
- Green Valley Park: 0.8 mi
- Say What You See!: 2.1 mi
- Say What You See!: 2.1 mi
- ==: 2.1 mi
- Say What You See!: 2.2 mi
- Weather: 3.3 mi
- Smithfield Methodist Church: 2.2 mi
- Eli Smith: 2.2 mi
- Alfred Madison Hightower: 2.2 mi
- Smithfield Cemetery: 2.2 mi
- Smithfield Masonic Lodge No. 455 A.F. & A.M.: 2.3 mi
- Moxley Manor: 4.4 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 10.8 mi
- Cowtown Cattlepen Maze: 10.9 mi
- Stockyards: 10.9 mi
- Livestock Exchange Building: 10.9 mi
- Imagisphere Childrens Museum: 4.8 mi
- Birdville Historical Society: 6.9 mi
- Roanoke Engine 1: 6.9 mi
- Nash Farm Museum: 7.7 mi
- Grapevine Historic Museum: 8.1 mi
- Hall's Pumpkin Farm and Corn Maze: 5.1 mi
- Parr Park Butterfly Habitat: 5.4 mi
- O'Dell Pollinators Monarch Waystation: 5.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.0 mi
- Botanical Garden at Heritage Park: 7.9 mi
- Mount Donwell: 2.4 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 5.9 mi
- Town Common: 6.2 mi
- Blue Mound: 8.7 mi
- Flower Mound: 11.6 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 7.6 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 11.1 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 14.0 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 16.1 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Inspiration Point: 13.8 mi
- Lone Point: 15.9 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 16.3 mi
- Shayhan Point: 21.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Elizabethtown: 9.2 mi
- Sowers: 13.8 mi
- La Reunion: 22.8 mi
- Camey Spur: 24.3 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 16.3 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 21.4 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 23.5 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Green Valley Raceway Historic Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Knob | W 273° | 278 m | 23.3 mi |
| Blue Mound | WNW 291° | 264 m | 8.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | N 2° | 253 m | 17.4 mi |
| Long Point | N 0° | 234 m | 16.4 mi |
| Crawford Hill | N 2° | 231 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Donwell | ENE 59° | 218 m | 2.4 mi |
| Town Common | N 1° | 216.71 m | 6.2 mi |
| Murray Hill | S 179° | 209 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:49 | 17:27 |
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 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Worth Wsfo, 7 mi away.
- Green Anole106 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard78 obs
- Northern Cardinal62 obs
- Western Honey Bee55 obs
- smooth sumac52 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel51 obs
- Common Buckeye49 obs
- Bitterweed48 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.
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