Pappy Elkins Park
Pappy Elkins Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. Caddo Peak stands 303 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Gardens Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 9.3 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Gardens Park: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 0.4 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.7 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.8 mi
- California Lane Park: 1.0 mi
- Dalworthington Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Veteran's Park Statue: 0.3 mi
- Tate Cemetery: 1.7 mi
- Johnson Station Cemetery: 1.9 mi
- General Edward H. Tarrant: 2.2 mi
- Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis District Office: 1.3 mi
- Dallas Stadium: 4.9 mi
- Esports Stadium Arlington: 5.7 mi
- Dive Bomber: 5.8 mi
- Das Stuka: 5.8 mi
- Texas State Museum of History: 2.8 mi
- Wellspring on Main: 3.7 mi
- Texas Air Command Museum: 4.7 mi
- National Medal of Honor Museum: 5.5 mi
- Legends of the Game Baseball Museum: 5.6 mi
- Boundless: 3.8 mi
- Dream: 3.8 mi
- Trần Quốc Tuấn: 4.4 mi
- Đài Đức Mẹ: 9.6 mi
- Christ the King: 9.6 mi
- Marti Van Ravenswaay Garden Entrance: 4.3 mi
- Lake Park Neighborhood Entrance: 4.4 mi
- Fish Creek Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Ruthe Jackson Outdoor Garden: 8.4 mi
- International Friendship Garden: 11.8 mi
- Murray Hill: 4.8 mi
- Poverty Knob: 13.9 mi
- Mount Donwell: 14.9 mi
- Brushy Mound: 15.2 mi
- Chalk Hill: 15.8 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 6.1 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Cedar Ridge Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center: 12.4 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 4.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Inspiration Point: 16.2 mi
- Lone Point: 20.1 mi
- Sowers: 13.0 mi
- La Reunion: 17.9 mi
- Elizabethtown: 23.1 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 8.9 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 22.6 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 19.9 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pappy Elkins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo Peak | SW 224° | 303 m | 21.1 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SW 222° | 303 m | 23.2 mi |
| Brushy Mound | SW 227° | 275 m | 15.2 mi |
| Turkey Peak | SW 225° | 266 m | 15.9 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 326° | 264 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mount Donwell | N 356° | 218 m | 14.9 mi |
| Town Common | N 351° | 216.71 m | 20.0 mi |
| Poverty Knob | SSW 192° | 216 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:50 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 85 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arlington Muni AP, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel189 obs
- Mallard187 obs
- Green Anole172 obs
- Northern Cardinal161 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle124 obs
- Western Honey Bee113 obs
- Carolina Chickadee106 obs
- post oak102 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/750269075
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