Lake Tawakoni State Park
Lake Tawakoni State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Red Hill stands 171 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Deer Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.1 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Tawakoni: 3.9 mi
- Judge James Hooker: 5.2 mi
- Camp Matthew F. Locke, C.S.A.: 5.3 mi
- Site of Burial of Neal Martin: 6.7 mi
- Union Grove Cemetery: 7.0 mi
- Red Deer Park: 1.3 mi
- SRA Park: 2.9 mi
- Arm Point Park: 3.0 mi
- West Arm Park: 3.0 mi
- West Tawakoni City Park: 4.2 mi
- future abandoned house: 18.0 mi
- SwCC Entrance Sign: 18.4 mi
- The Attic: 19.6 mi
- Royse City Calaboose: 21.3 mi
- Cookston Court: 21.4 mi
- Edgewood Heritage Park Museum: 12.1 mi
- Terrell Heritage Museum: 18.0 mi
- Aviation Unmanned Vehicle Museum: 19.3 mi
- Audie Murphy and Cotton Museum: 20.0 mi
- Soldier and Child: 18.9 mi
- Old Tank: 19.0 mi
- Deer Statue: 19.8 mi
- Caddo Creek Unit: 9.5 mi
- Pawnee Inlet Unit: 10.5 mi
- Martin Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Sartin Bluff: 24.3 mi
- Breezy Hill: 18.8 mi
- Red Hill: 22.0 mi
- Hopkins County Eastbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Hopkins County Westbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Screech Owl Reach: 3.0 mi
- Graham Park Pavilion: 22.3 mi
- Corinth: 24.0 mi
- Canton Artestian Well: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Tawakoni State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | SSE 157° | 171 m | 22.0 mi |
| Breezy Hill | WSW 244° | 165 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:00 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:45 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Tawakoni, 6 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer95 obs
- Eastern Bluebird51 obs
- American beautyberry37 obs
- Northern Cardinal36 obs
- Common Whitetail34 obs
- Great Blue Heron32 obs
- Killdeer31 obs
- Great Egret31 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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