Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Elm Fork Unit
Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Elm Fork Unit is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Mount Olive stands 255 m to the north-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Isle Du Bois Unit, a park 1.8 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 3.2 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Isle Du Bois Unit: 1.8 mi
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Trail Corridor: 3.3 mi
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Johnson Branch: 3.7 mi
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Sanger Unit: 4.4 mi
- Aubrey City Park: 4.6 mi
- Wilson Cemetery (HTC Medallion): 3.1 mi
- Green Valley Schools: 3.2 mi
- Elm Fork Bridge: 3.3 mi
- Belew Cemetery: 3.7 mi
- First Christian Church of Aubrey: 4.3 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 10.2 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 19.0 mi
- Ring-Tailed Lemur: 19.6 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 19.6 mi
- African Spurred Tortoise: 19.6 mi
- November Devil: 11.1 mi
- Carrizo: 11.6 mi
- Shadow Garden: 11.6 mi
- Statue of Diego Velázquez: 11.7 mi
- In High Places: 11.8 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 11.2 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 11.7 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 11.9 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 10.2 mi
- Explorium: 10.6 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 11.1 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 11.3 mi
- African American Museum: 11.3 mi
- Mount Olive: 8.3 mi
- Blue Mound: 11.1 mi
- Monarch Hill: 14.2 mi
- Terrapin Hill: 14.6 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 14.7 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- The Corral: 22.8 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 24.0 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 3.9 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 14.4 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 23.1 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 23.7 mi
- Shayhan Point: 13.7 mi
- Camey Spur: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Elm Fork Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive | NNW 343° | 255 m | 8.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 214° | 253 m | 16.9 mi |
| Blue Mound | WSW 239° | 244 m | 11.1 mi |
| Long Point | SW 214° | 234 m | 18.1 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | NNW 338° | 232 m | 14.6 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 212° | 231 m | 18.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | SW 216° | 207 m | 14.9 mi |
| Flower Mound | S 184° | 202 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal272 obs
- White-tailed Deer215 obs
- Tufted Titmouse208 obs
- Downy Woodpecker206 obs
- Eastern Bluebird179 obs
- Great Blue Heron169 obs
- Eastern Phoebe167 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler158 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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