Richard Simpson Park
Richard Simpson Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 168 m. Caddo Peak stands 303 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Heroes Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 8.2 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 168 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Heroes Park: 0.6 mi
- Trinity UMC Soccer Field: 1.3 mi
- Prayer Walk: 1.4 mi
- Clarence Foster Park: 1.5 mi
- Thora Hart Park: 1.6 mi
- General Edward H. Tarrant: 1.1 mi
- Handley Cemetery: 1.5 mi
- Veteran's Park Statue: 2.3 mi
- Tate Cemetery: 2.6 mi
- Dalworthington Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis District Office: 2.6 mi
- Dallas Stadium: 6.7 mi
- Dive Bomber: 7.5 mi
- Das Stuka: 7.5 mi
- Geronimo: 7.5 mi
- WMC Texas Prince Hall Library Museum: 4.3 mi
- Texas State Museum of History: 4.5 mi
- Wellspring on Main: 5.6 mi
- Lenora Rolla: 6.8 mi
- Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Boundless: 5.7 mi
- Dream: 5.8 mi
- Trần Quốc Tuấn: 6.9 mi
- Armadillo: 7.0 mi
- Đài Đức Mẹ: 7.1 mi
- Marti Van Ravenswaay Garden Entrance: 3.0 mi
- Lake Park Neighborhood Entrance: 3.1 mi
- Fish Creek Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- International Friendship Garden: 9.3 mi
- Pollinator Pathway: 9.6 mi
- Murray Hill: 4.7 mi
- Brushy Mound: 14.0 mi
- Mount Donwell: 14.2 mi
- Poverty Knob: 14.3 mi
- Turkey Peak: 14.8 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 7.5 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Cedar Ridge Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center: 15.0 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 3.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Inspiration Point: 13.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Lone Point: 17.5 mi
- Sowers: 14.6 mi
- La Reunion: 20.3 mi
- Elizabethtown: 21.8 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 11.4 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 20.1 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 21.7 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 22.4 mi
- Hawkins Spring: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Richard Simpson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo Peak | SW 217° | 303 m | 20.0 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SW 216° | 303 m | 22.1 mi |
| Brushy Mound | SW 218° | 275 m | 14.0 mi |
| Turkey Peak | SW 216° | 266 m | 14.8 mi |
| Blue Mound | NNW 331° | 264 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Donwell | N 6° | 218 m | 14.2 mi |
| Town Common | N 359° | 216.71 m | 19.1 mi |
| Poverty Knob | S 181° | 216 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:04 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:50 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 82 | 85 | 86 | 79 | 68 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arlington Muni AP, 7 mi away.
- Mallard261 obs
- American Coot165 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel144 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle131 obs
- Ring-billed Gull114 obs
- Camphorweed106 obs
- Bitterweed92 obs
- Gulf Fritillary90 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/444089856
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