Mother Neff State Park
Mother Neff State Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Shell Mountains stands 361 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is CCC Rock Tower, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Mother Neff State Park: 1.2 mi
- Naler Cemetery: 6.6 mi
- Moody: 6.8 mi
- First Baptist Church of Moody: 6.8 mi
- Moody Cemetery: 7.0 mi
- Iron Bridge Park: 2.7 mi
- Mattie Neely Park: 6.6 mi
- Oglesby Park: 6.7 mi
- Kate Kitchens Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
- Leona Park: 6.9 mi
- Bland Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Bread Tray Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Owl Creek Mountains: 8.0 mi
- King Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Tweedle Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Texas Museum of Theatre and Broadcast: 9.3 mi
- Czech Heritage Museum: 17.0 mi
- Railroad and Pioneer Museum: 17.3 mi
- Temple Children's Museum: 17.4 mi
- Coryell County Museum: 17.9 mi
- Rotary Club Garden: 16.9 mi
- Kelly Flading Community Garden: 18.9 mi
- 10th St. Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- Alvarez Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Native Wildscape Garden (Bird, Bee, Butterfly & Bat Garden): 20.8 mi
- CCC Rock Tower: 0.4 mi
- Bird Blind: 0.5 mi
- CCC Plaque: 0.8 mi
- Historic Bell: 0.8 mi
- Waco Traffic Circle: 24.8 mi
- Bland: 7.7 mi
- Aiken: 10.6 mi
- Old Troy: 11.7 mi
- Brookhaven: 13.0 mi
- Stringtown: 24.7 mi
- Silverstone Park Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Wyndham Hill Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Temple Wildcat: 16.3 mi
- Hartrick Bluff: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mother Neff State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shell Mountains | W 269° | 361 m | 21.1 mi |
| Bagget Mountain | W 280° | 356 m | 24.5 mi |
| Manning Mountains | W 262° | 349 m | 19.1 mi |
| Williamson Mountain | W 264° | 340 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bushy Knob | W 265° | 337 m | 21.3 mi |
| Stampede Mountan | W 266° | 332 m | 20.4 mi |
| Blackwell Mountains | WSW 240° | 330 m | 20.9 mi |
| Jack Mountain | WSW 250° | 325 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:02 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:55 | 17:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcgregor, 9 mi away.
- Red Admiral107 obs
- Leavenworth's eryngo106 obs
- Prairie flameleaf sumac87 obs
- Ashe juniper84 obs
- Texas Skeleton Plant82 obs
- Common Buckeye81 obs
- Texas bluebonnet77 obs
- Texas Paintbrush71 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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