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Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Jordan Unit

Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Jordan Unit from directly overhead

Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Jordan Unit is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Mount Olive stands 255 m to the northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Trail Corridor, a park 2.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 2.7 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

How to reach it

Coordinates33.41621, -96.98811

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 47
  • North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 15.3 mi
  • Vintage Gulf Gas Station: 16.9 mi
  • Animal Encounters: 17.0 mi
  • Leopard Tortoise: 17.0 mi
  • African Spurred Tortoise: 17.0 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Red Tractor: 14.1 mi
  • Tractor: 14.1 mi
  • Orange tractor: 14.3 mi
  • Blue Tractor: 14.4 mi
  • November Devil: 16.2 mi
Museums: 12
Peaks: 9
  • Mount Olive: 6.3 mi
  • Terrapin Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Blue Mound: 15.8 mi
  • Monarch Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Grayhawk Hill: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Group Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
  • The Corral: 23.8 mi
  • Herman Baker Park: 24.7 mi
  • Parkside Food Truck Park: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Post Oak Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Little Elm Beach: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Jordan Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount OliveNW 305°255 m6.3 mi
Pilot KnobSSW 214°253 m22.0 mi
Blue MoundSW 231°244 m15.8 mi
Long PointSW 214°234 m23.2 mi
Terrapin HillNW 319°232 m12.3 mi
Crawford HillSSW 212°231 m23.4 mi
Bald KnobSW 215°207 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:40
June solstice06:1920:0520:42
September equinox07:1718:5319:26
December solstice07:2916:4717:25

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444856647281858577665546

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pilot Point ISL DU BOI, 4 mi away.

  • green antelopehorns8 obs
  • Striped Bark Scorpion7 obs
  • White-tailed Deer6 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail6 obs
  • black-eyed Susan5 obs
  • Woodhouse's Toad5 obs
  • American persimmon5 obs
  • Texas Bull Nettle5 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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OpenStreetMap element way/28657972

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