Joe Skiles Park
Joe Skiles Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 202 m. Blue Mound stands 264 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Harmony, a artwork 0.8 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 2.9 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
5.5-acre, neighborhood park located at 1721 Stonegate Dr. Amenities include: -Pavilion; capacity 18 people 575 square feet -Three picnic tables (not movable) -Playground -Grill available -Lighted pavilion -Basketball court with three goals -Tennis court
What the record says
- Elevation
- 202 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Denton
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Harmony: 0.8 mi
- November Devil: 2.1 mi
- UNT Logo: 2.3 mi
- Inspirational Sculpture: 2.3 mi
- Scrappy on a bench: 2.4 mi
- South Lakes Park: 0.8 mi
- Wind River Park: 1.0 mi
- MLK Jr. Rec Center Park: 1.3 mi
- Frontier Park: 1.3 mi
- Woodrow Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Frederick Douglas Moore (1875-1953): 1.4 mi
- Frederick Douglas Moore: 1.4 mi
- St. Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church: 1.6 mi
- Oakwood Cemetery: 1.6 mi
- Gregory Road Bridge at Duck Creek: 1.7 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 1.9 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 2.4 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 2.8 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- African American Museum: 2.1 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 2.1 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 2.8 mi
- Explorium: 5.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.2 mi
- Pilot Knob: 5.6 mi
- Crawford Hill: 6.6 mi
- Long Point: 6.7 mi
- Blue Mound: 7.6 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 3.4 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 8.2 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 15.8 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 15.9 mi
- Crayola Experience: 19.6 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 13.0 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 13.5 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 22.8 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- The Corral: 22.8 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 23.7 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 9.8 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 15.7 mi
- Elizabethtown: 14.9 mi
- Camey Spur: 16.6 mi
- Shayhan Point: 6.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Joe Skiles Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | SW 219° | 264 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mount Olive | N 6° | 255 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WSW 242° | 253 m | 5.6 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 319° | 244 m | 7.6 mi |
| Long Point | WSW 238° | 234 m | 6.7 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | N 358° | 232 m | 24.9 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 231° | 231 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Donwell | S 191° | 218 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
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 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton 2 SE, under a mile away.
- Great-tailed Grackle248 obs
- Great Blue Heron227 obs
- Canada Goose222 obs
- Mallard214 obs
- Black Vulture167 obs
- Northern Cardinal163 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk158 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron150 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/130800902
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