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Monticello Park

Monticello Park from directly overhead

Monticello Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Buck Knob stands 345 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Ormer Leslie Locklear, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.5 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
178 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.75831, -97.37049

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bertrose Park: 0.6 mi
  • Rockwood Park: 0.7 mi
  • Linwood Park: 0.8 mi
  • First Flight Park: 0.9 mi
  • Will Rogers Memorial Center: 1.1 mi
Artworks: 60
Attractions
  • Will Rogers Coliseum: 0.9 mi
  • Burnett Building: 1.0 mi
  • Amon G. Carter, Jr. Exhibits Hall: 1.0 mi
  • Richardson - Bass Building: 1.0 mi
  • Livestock Barns: 1.1 mi
Museums: 47
Peaks: 18
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Monticello Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck KnobWNW 295°345 m24.8 mi
Tater NobWSW 251°344 m23.0 mi
Tater HillWNW 301°343 m23.3 mi
Chattanooga HillWSW 256°330 m18.2 mi
Joe Bell MountainW 264°324 m21.5 mi
Caddo PeakS 187°303 m19.2 mi
Brushy KnobS 189°303 m21.2 mi
Burton KnobNW 308°278 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0919:41
June solstice06:2320:0520:41
September equinox07:1818:5519:28
December solstice07:2916:5017:28

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485260677582868679695749

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Worth Meacham FLD Naaf, 4 mi away.

  • Pond Slider800 obs
  • Green Anole696 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel472 obs
  • Monarch455 obs
  • Western Honey Bee452 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary399 obs
  • Great Blue Heron365 obs
  • Mallard359 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/506737762

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