Palo Verde Park
Palo Verde Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 1,229 m. North Franklin Mountain stands 2,186 m to the north-northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Irwin J. Lambka, a park 0.3 miles away. El Camino Real passes 2.3 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1229 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 7.7 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Irwin J. Lambka: 0.3 mi
- Fiesta Park: 0.3 mi
- Snow Heights Park: 0.4 mi
- Paul Harvey Park: 0.7 mi
- Crestmont Park: 0.8 mi
- Cristo Rey: 3.3 mi
- Smeltertown: 3.4 mi
- B-36 Crash Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Old Main: 4.6 mi
- The University of Texas at El Paso: 4.7 mi
- Point 5150: 2.1 mi
- Mount Franklin: 2.5 mi
- Flag Hill: 2.6 mi
- The Mammoth: 3.1 mi
- Sierra de Cristo Rey: 3.3 mi
- Franklin Mountains State Park Headquarters: 2.9 mi
- Museo Casa de Adobe: 3.5 mi
- Centennial Museum: 4.8 mi
- International Museum of Art: 5.4 mi
- El Paso Holocaust Museum: 5.6 mi
- Nos faltan 43: 4.2 mi
- Hands across the border: 4.2 mi
- Ni ladrones ni delincuentes, somos trabajadores internacionales: 4.2 mi
- Azul cielo, no muro: 4.4 mi
- Mining Minds: 4.8 mi
- Bob-0: 1.9 mi
- La Union Maze: 8.6 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 15.5 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 15.5 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 15.6 mi
- Charlie Wakeem/Richard Teschner Nature Preserve of Resler Canyon: 0.8 mi
- Thunder Canyon Conservation Easement: 1.4 mi
- City Preserve: 3.6 mi
- North Open Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Knapp Land Conservation Easement: 4.6 mi
- Smeltertown: 3.5 mi
- Smeltertown: 3.6 mi
- Lanark: 19.0 mi
- Chihuahuan Desert Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Japaneese Garden: 6.2 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Palo Verde Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Franklin Mountain | NNE 27° | 2,186 m | 5.3 mi |
| Anthonys Nose | NNE 14° | 2,081 m | 8.9 mi |
| South Franklin Mountain | NE 51° | 2,070 m | 3.3 mi |
| Indian Peak | NNE 31° | 1,985 m | 5.8 mi |
| The Mammoth | NE 47° | 1,982 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Franklin | E 93° | 1,870 m | 2.5 mi |
| Ranger Peak | ESE 123° | 1,711 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bishop Cap | N 351° | 1,651 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:40 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:30 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
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 | 47 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Paso Intl AP, 9 mi away.
- White-winged Dove102 obs
- Creosote Bush99 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle68 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler59 obs
- Northern Cardinal58 obs
- soaptree yucca57 obs
- Crissal Thrasher54 obs
- fishhook barrel cactus54 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/101315005
Day trips start here
- El Paso · 6 mi
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