Lake Whitney State Park
Lake Whitney State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Gary Mountain stands 330 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Towash, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
- 19.1 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Towash: 0.5 mi
- Bass Fishing in Texas: 0.5 mi
- Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church: 2.6 mi
- Whitney Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- Whitney: 3.2 mi
- McCown Valley Park: 2.8 mi
- Cedar Creek Park: 4.9 mi
- Old Fort Park: 6.0 mi
- Steele Creek Park: 7.7 mi
- Morgan Lakeside Park: 10.3 mi
- Powelldale Mountains: 10.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 13.9 mi
- Bee Mountain: 17.4 mi
- Brown Mountain: 17.8 mi
- Brushy Knob: 18.1 mi
- Whitney museum: 3.3 mi
- Hill County Cellblock Museum: 14.9 mi
- Texas Through Time: 15.1 mi
- Roadside America Museum: 15.2 mi
- Edwin Olsen Railroad Museum: 15.6 mi
- Sosebees Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Bee Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 7.6 mi
- White Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Greenock: 10.7 mi
- Pendell: 17.7 mi
- Brazos Point: 23.7 mi
- Willie Nelson: 15.1 mi
- On the Banks of the Bosque: 15.7 mi
- Welcome to Walnut Springs: 24.6 mi
- Aquilla Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 22.6 mi
- Hill County Southbound Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Hill County Northbound Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 21.5 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 21.9 mi
- Serenity Point: 3.8 mi
- (27) Herb Garden: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Whitney State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Mountain | WSW 244° | 330 m | 24.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WSW 244° | 324 m | 23.2 mi |
| Kay Mountain | WSW 255° | 318 m | 20.4 mi |
| Golden Mountain | WSW 250° | 307 m | 19.6 mi |
| Dinner Hill | WNW 286° | 302 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | W 273° | 301 m | 13.9 mi |
| Brown Mountain | WSW 252° | 299 m | 17.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 245° | 298 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:03 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:53 | 17:30 |
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 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitney DAM, 4 mi away.
- Texas bluebonnet51 obs
- buttonbush43 obs
- peppervine30 obs
- Turkey Vulture29 obs
- White-tailed Deer26 obs
- Texas Paintbrush25 obs
- Salt Marsh Moth23 obs
- Great Blue Heron22 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/28664133
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