Kiest Park
Kiest Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Cliff Nature Preserve, a park 0.7 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 9.7 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Cliff Nature Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Briar Gate Park: 1.1 mi
- Jack Moore Hall Field: 1.1 mi
- CFN Family Park: 1.2 mi
- Thurgood Marshall Park: 1.4 mi
- Five Mile Cemetery: 1.8 mi
- Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church: 2.1 mi
- The Hord Log Cabin: 2.3 mi
- Winnetka Heights: 2.8 mi
- Tyler Street United Methodist Church: 2.9 mi
- Ostrich: 3.0 mi
- Chimp Family: 3.1 mi
- Monkey: 3.1 mi
- Crocodile: 3.1 mi
- Gorilla Family: 3.1 mi
- Predator Encounter: 3.2 mi
- Giraffe Feeding Station: 3.2 mi
- Fiji Senior Sign: 4.2 mi
- Reunion Tower: 5.5 mi
- Giant Eye: 6.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 3.6 mi
- Meditation Foundation Maze: 6.2 mi
- Nasher Sculpture Garden: 6.5 mi
- Deep Ellum Urban Gardens: 6.5 mi
- Liberty Street Garden: 7.0 mi
- Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center: 1.9 mi
- Commemorative Air Force Headquarters: 1.9 mi
- Fred and Barbara Clark Telling Restoration Hangar: 2.0 mi
- Oswald Rooming House Museum: 3.9 mi
- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza: 5.8 mi
- Joppa Preserve: 6.9 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 7.6 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Cedar Ridge Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Trinity River Audubon Center: 8.7 mi
- Chalk Hill: 3.6 mi
- Murray Hill: 20.9 mi
- Mount Donwell: 23.9 mi
- Poverty Knob: 24.7 mi
- Flower Mound: 24.8 mi
- La Reunion: 3.8 mi
- Sowers: 11.8 mi
- Lawson: 16.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 21.7 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 3.2 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 10.1 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 16.7 mi
- McKamy Spring: 17.8 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 11.6 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kiest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | NW 308° | 218 m | 23.9 mi |
| Poverty Knob | WSW 236° | 216 m | 24.7 mi |
| Murray Hill | W 259° | 209 m | 20.9 mi |
| Chalk Hill | NW 322° | 202 m | 3.6 mi |
| Flower Mound | NNW 330° | 202 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:49 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallas Redbird AP, 2 mi away.
- Quihoui privet110 obs
- Cedar Elm106 obs
- Engelmann daisy85 obs
- Chinese Photinia85 obs
- Heavenly bamboo82 obs
- Mealy Blue Sage82 obs
- Amur honeysuckle81 obs
- Antelopehorn Milkweed70 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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