Hillcrest Park
Hillcrest Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dallas Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church: 0.3 mi
- Mount Calvary Cemetery: 0.8 mi
- Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church: 0.9 mi
- Anderson Bonner: 1.2 mi
- White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories: 1.4 mi
- Bert Fields: 0.7 mi
- Valley View Park: 0.8 mi
- Fretz Park: 0.9 mi
- Arapaho Park: 1.3 mi
- Churchill Park: 1.4 mi
- Dover Elementary School Garden: 1.7 mi
- Creekside Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Addison Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- UT Dallas Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Rock Garden: 4.2 mi
- Stacked Friends: 1.8 mi
- Sun Up at Quorum: 2.4 mi
- Spectra: 2.6 mi
- The Givers: 2.6 mi
- Three Tenors: 2.8 mi
- Northaven Trail: 3.0 mi
- Temoc: 4.0 mi
- Topgolf: 5.2 mi
- Liberty Park Tank: 6.0 mi
- Little Saigon: 6.2 mi
- Cavanaugh Flight Museum: 3.7 mi
- Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum: 4.0 mi
- Play Street Museum: 5.2 mi
- A W Perry Homestead Museum: 6.5 mi
- AW Perry Homestead: 6.5 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 8.5 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 9.1 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 14.5 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 13.7 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 14.8 mi
- The Corral: 15.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Camey Spur: 11.0 mi
- La Reunion: 12.9 mi
- Sowers: 14.0 mi
- Nickelville: 16.0 mi
- Lawson: 20.7 mi
- Chalk Hill: 14.5 mi
- Flower Mound: 17.1 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 18.0 mi
- Monarch Hill: 18.8 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 22.4 mi
- Shayhan Point: 20.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 24.3 mi
- McKamy Spring: 3.0 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 7.0 mi
- Muddy Creek: 13.3 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hillcrest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | W 267° | 218 m | 22.6 mi |
| Town Common | W 279° | 216.71 m | 24.8 mi |
| Chalk Hill | SSW 204° | 202 m | 14.5 mi |
| Flower Mound | WNW 289° | 202 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mayor's Hill | W 277° | 180 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:48 | 17:25 |
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 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richardson, 5 mi away.
- Mallard244 obs
- Green Anole235 obs
- Pond Slider177 obs
- Northern Shoveler156 obs
- Blue Jay138 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel124 obs
- Quihoui privet115 obs
- Monarch105 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1266985831
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