Salado Park
Salado Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 204 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Lakes Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 204 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Lakes Park: 0.4 mi
- J.J. Pearce Park: 0.7 mi
- Campbell Green Park: 0.8 mi
- Mimosa Park: 0.9 mi
- Hillcrest Village Green: 1.0 mi
- Stacked Friends: 1.0 mi
- UTD Mural: 1.9 mi
- Patio Mural: 1.9 mi
- Wise: 1.9 mi
- Big Bend: 1.9 mi
- Creekside Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- UT Dallas Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.9 mi
- Dover Elementary School Garden: 2.1 mi
- Eco Hub: 2.5 mi
- First Baptist Church of Renner: 1.4 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 1.8 mi
- Campus Landscape Enhancement Phase III: 1.8 mi
- Student Memorial Fountain: 1.9 mi
- White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories: 2.6 mi
- Temoc: 1.8 mi
- Liberty Park Tank: 3.5 mi
- Crayola Experience: 5.2 mi
- Northaven Trail: 5.4 mi
- Little Saigon: 6.6 mi
- Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum: 1.9 mi
- Cavanaugh Flight Museum: 3.4 mi
- Heritage Farmstead Museum: 4.2 mi
- Interurban Railway Museum: 5.5 mi
- North Texas Masonic Historical Museum & Library: 5.5 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 8.6 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 11.6 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 14.3 mi
- Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary: 16.2 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 9.9 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 12.3 mi
- The Corral: 12.9 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Seeligston picnic area: 15.9 mi
- Camey Spur: 9.1 mi
- Nickelville: 14.7 mi
- La Reunion: 15.4 mi
- Sowers: 15.9 mi
- Biggers: 20.5 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 15.9 mi
- Monarch Hill: 16.7 mi
- Chalk Hill: 17.0 mi
- Flower Mound: 17.1 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 22.8 mi
- McKamy Spring: 3.1 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 9.1 mi
- Muddy Creek: 11.1 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 16.3 mi
- Shayhan Point: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salado Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | W 261° | 218 m | 23.5 mi |
| Chalk Hill | SSW 203° | 202 m | 17.0 mi |
| Flower Mound | W 280° | 202 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mayor's Hill | W 271° | 180 m | 22.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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 | 46 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richardson, 3 mi away.
- Green Anole288 obs
- Mallard266 obs
- Northern Shoveler172 obs
- Western Honey Bee170 obs
- Blue Jay162 obs
- Pond Slider157 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel155 obs
- Gray Hairstreak151 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/450299063
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