Griggs Park
Griggs Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Colonel C. C. Slaughter, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.7 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Colonel C. C. Slaughter: 0.3 mi
- Freedman's Cemetery: 0.3 mi
- Moorland YMCA Building: 0.3 mi
- St. Paul United Methodist Church: 0.4 mi
- Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church: 0.4 mi
- J. W. Ray Park: 0.4 mi
- Exall Park: 0.6 mi
- Walford Park: 0.6 mi
- Betty Marcus Park: 0.6 mi
- Katy Trail Greenbelt: 0.7 mi
- Whimsy and Wise: 0.5 mi
- Untitled: 0.7 mi
- Tom Thumb/7 UP: 0.7 mi
- Portal Park Slice: 0.8 mi
- John W. Carpenter: 0.8 mi
- Nasher Sculpture Garden: 0.7 mi
- Liberty Street Garden: 0.8 mi
- Deep Ellum Urban Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Meditation Foundation Maze: 1.2 mi
- East Dallas Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Katy Trail Caboose: 0.8 mi
- Giant Eye: 1.1 mi
- Legacy of Love Monument: 1.2 mi
- Frank H. Caven Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: 1.7 mi
- Economy in Action: 0.6 mi
- Nasher Sculpture Center: 0.7 mi
- Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art: 0.7 mi
- The Samurai Collection: 0.8 mi
- Perot Museum of Nature and Science: 1.0 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 3.1 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Joppa Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 8.3 mi
- McCommas Bluff Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 4.2 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 5.5 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 24.2 mi
- The Corral: 24.9 mi
- La Reunion: 4.5 mi
- Sowers: 11.6 mi
- Lawson: 14.8 mi
- Camey Spur: 20.2 mi
- Nickelville: 21.7 mi
- Chalk Hill: 6.6 mi
- Flower Mound: 21.8 mi
- Mount Donwell: 23.7 mi
- McKamy Spring: 10.6 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 24.0 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 4.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 18.0 mi
- Muddy Creek: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Griggs Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | WNW 291° | 218 m | 23.7 mi |
| Chalk Hill | WSW 237° | 202 m | 6.6 mi |
| Flower Mound | NW 314° | 202 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
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, 4 mi away.
- Lincoln's Sparrow425 obs
- Mallard418 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle389 obs
- White-throated Sparrow372 obs
- White-winged Dove353 obs
- Ovenbird244 obs
- Rock Pigeon210 obs
- Common Yellowthroat178 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/25856940
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