Prairie Dog Park
Prairie Dog Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 187 m. Chattanooga Hill stands 330 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairfax Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 10 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 187 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fairfax Park: 0.4 mi
- Village Creek Park: 0.9 mi
- Shackleford Park: 0.9 mi
- Eugene McCray Community Center Park: 1.0 mi
- Pate Park: 1.5 mi
- Forest Hill Cemetery: 1.2 mi
- Kennedale Independent School District: 3.4 mi
- First Baptist Church of Kennedale: 3.4 mi
- Administration Building: 3.4 mi
- Polytechnic Cemetery: 3.5 mi
- Armadillo: 5.5 mi
- Stage: 5.8 mi
- Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Wildflower Country: 6.0 mi
- Alive and Kicking: 6.0 mi
- Rogers-O'Daniel House: 5.6 mi
- World of Primates: 6.3 mi
- Elephant: 6.3 mi
- Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis District Office: 6.4 mi
- Lower Rose Garden: 7.0 mi
- WMC Texas Prince Hall Library Museum: 2.0 mi
- Lenora Rolla: 4.7 mi
- Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Museum: 4.7 mi
- JUNETEENTH MUSEUM: 4.7 mi
- Sid Richardson Museum: 6.4 mi
- Lake Park Neighborhood Entrance: 2.3 mi
- Marti Van Ravenswaay Garden Entrance: 2.3 mi
- International Friendship Garden: 6.0 mi
- Victor and Cleyone Tinsley Rock Springs Garden: 7.0 mi
- Rose Gardens: 7.0 mi
- Murray Hill: 4.2 mi
- Brushy Mound: 10.6 mi
- Turkey Peak: 11.4 mi
- Poverty Knob: 12.8 mi
- Caddo Peak: 16.6 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 11.3 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center: 17.4 mi
- Cedar Ridge Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 2.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Inspiration Point: 11.8 mi
- Lone Point: 15.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Sowers: 18.4 mi
- Elizabethtown: 23.2 mi
- La Reunion: 23.9 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 13.8 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 18.7 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 21.2 mi
- Old City Spring: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prairie Dog Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga Hill | W 271° | 330 m | 24.2 mi |
| Caddo Peak | SSW 212° | 303 m | 16.6 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SSW 211° | 303 m | 18.7 mi |
| Brushy Mound | SSW 210° | 275 m | 10.6 mi |
| Turkey Peak | SSW 208° | 266 m | 11.4 mi |
| Blue Mound | NNW 343° | 264 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Donwell | NNE 17° | 218 m | 16.7 mi |
| Town Common | N 8° | 216.71 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:04 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:50 | 17:28 |
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, 10 mi away.
- False Map Turtle35 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel24 obs
- American Robin22 obs
- Blue Jay21 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle17 obs
- White-winged Dove16 obs
- Western Honey Bee14 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler14 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/510826040
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