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Rawhide Park

Rawhide Park from directly overhead

Rawhide Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 146 m. Pilot Knob stands 253 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rawhide Creek and Park, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 4.4 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
146 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.93010, -96.87990

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Montgomery Park: 0.5 mi
  • Showman Park: 0.5 mi
  • Oran Good Park: 0.6 mi
  • Farmers Branch Park: 0.6 mi
  • Pepper Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • The Water Tower: 2.0 mi
  • Light and Energy: 2.0 mi
  • Golden Hour: 2.6 mi
  • The Shepherdess: 2.7 mi
  • Arcadia: 3.0 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 15
Peaks: 11
  • Flower Mound: 12.3 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Mayor's Hill: 17.2 mi
  • Mount Donwell: 17.2 mi
  • Grayhawk Hill: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 5.6 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic Outpost: 13.6 mi
  • Parkside Food Truck Park: 17.6 mi
  • The Corral: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 2
  • Little Elm Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Lynn Creek Park Beach: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • McKamy Spring: 8.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • SoPac Trail Rest Area: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Muddy Creek: 17.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobNW 310°253 m24.0 mi
Long PointNW 307°234 m24.0 mi
Crawford HillNW 307°231 m23.2 mi
Mount DonwellW 267°218 m17.2 mi
Town CommonWNW 282°216.71 m19.5 mi
Bald KnobNW 314°207 m24.7 mi
Flower MoundWNW 298°202 m12.3 mi
Chalk HillS 183°202 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:39
June solstice06:2020:0320:40
September equinox07:1618:5319:26
December solstice07:2716:4817:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485260677583878780695850
Precip in2.62.83.53.14.63.81.72.23.14.82.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallas FAA AP, 7 mi away.

  • Monarch187 obs
  • Mallard124 obs
  • Fiery Skipper116 obs
  • Western Honey Bee107 obs
  • Queen100 obs
  • Green Anole99 obs
  • Gray Hairstreak98 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron86 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/427136268

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