Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Pond Creek Unit
Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Pond Creek Unit is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Mount Olive stands 255 m to the north-northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Sanger Unit, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 6.1 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Sanger Unit: 0.6 mi
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Pecan Creek Unit: 3.0 mi
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Johnson Branch: 3.2 mi
- Switzer Park: 4.7 mi
- Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Elm Fork Unit: 4.7 mi
- Tyson Cemetery: 3.1 mi
- Galilee Missionary Baptist Church: 3.9 mi
- Sanger and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway: 4.0 mi
- memorial: 4.2 mi
- Sanger Presbyterian Church: 4.3 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 10.7 mi
- Ring-Tailed Lemur: 16.3 mi
- Leopard Tortoise: 16.3 mi
- Red Ruffed Lemur: 16.3 mi
- African Spurred Tortoise: 16.3 mi
- November Devil: 12.0 mi
- Shadow Garden: 12.2 mi
- Carrizo: 12.2 mi
- Statue of Diego Velázquez: 12.3 mi
- In High Places: 12.4 mi
- Mount Olive: 5.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 9.6 mi
- Terrapin Hill: 11.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 15.1 mi
- Pilot Knob: 17.1 mi
- Explorium: 10.0 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 11.1 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 12.0 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 12.1 mi
- African American Museum: 12.2 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 11.0 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 12.2 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 12.2 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 12.5 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 3.9 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 18.3 mi
- Shayhan Point: 16.9 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Pond Creek Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive | NNE 17° | 255 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 198° | 253 m | 17.1 mi |
| Blue Mound | SW 214° | 244 m | 9.6 mi |
| Long Point | SSW 199° | 234 m | 18.3 mi |
| Terrapin Hill | N 354° | 232 m | 11.3 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 197° | 231 m | 18.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 198° | 207 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| 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, 6 mi away.
- Texas Spiny Lizard4 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel4 obs
- honey locust4 obs
- Osprey4 obs
- Three-toed Box Turtle4 obs
- Northern Cardinal3 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker3 obs
- buttonbush3 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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