Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Buck Creek Unit
Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Buck Creek Unit is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Mount Olive stands 255 m to the west, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Primitive Baptist Church of Tioga, a historic site 1.6 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail runs past it. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
How to reach it
- On the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Primitive Baptist Church of Tioga: 1.6 mi
- Tioga United Methodist Church: 1.8 mi
- Tioga Cemetery: 2.6 mi
- County Line Baptist Church: 3.6 mi
- Pilot Point Post-Signal: 3.8 mi
- Tioga City Park: 1.7 mi
- Pilot Point City Park: 3.9 mi
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Jordan Unit: 4.1 mi
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Trail Corridor: 5.7 mi
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Isle Du Bois Unit: 7.2 mi
- Vintage Gulf Gas Station: 17.5 mi
- Animal Encounters: 17.8 mi
- African Spurred Tortoise: 17.8 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 17.8 mi
- Black-Tailed Prairie Dog: 17.8 mi
- Red Tractor: 13.4 mi
- Tractor: 13.5 mi
- Orange tractor: 13.5 mi
- Blue Tractor: 13.7 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 17.7 mi
- Sante Fe Depot Museum: 17.5 mi
- Morton Museum of Cooke County: 17.6 mi
- Collin County Farm Museum: 18.3 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 19.0 mi
- Explorium: 19.5 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Crepe Myrtle Garden: 18.3 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 19.0 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 19.9 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 20.5 mi
- Mount Olive: 8.8 mi
- Terrapin Hill: 13.8 mi
- Monarch Hill: 17.2 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 18.1 mi
- Blue Mound: 19.8 mi
- Herman Baker Park: 20.6 mi
- The Corral: 23.3 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 24.5 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 7.3 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 19.8 mi
- Shayhan Point: 20.6 mi
- Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Buck Creek Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive | W 281° | 255 m | 8.8 mi |
| Blue Mound | SW 233° | 244 m | 19.8 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | WNW 302° | 232 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 219° | 207 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 46 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pilot Point ISL DU BOI, 7 mi away.
- Yellow Garden Spider4 obs
- Hercules' club4 obs
- Great Blue Heron3 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider3 obs
- Polished Lady Beetle3 obs
- Largemouth Bass3 obs
- buttonbush2 obs
- white clover2 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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