South Lakes Park
South Lakes Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Pat Dick Hill stands 291 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Harmony, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 3.3 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
187.29-acre, city park located at 556 Hobson Ln. Amenities include: Eureka 2 Playground Pavilions (4) Picnic tables (78) and grills (12) Restroom Basketball court, tennis courts (2), and soccer goals Benches (27) Bridges (4) Dog stations (3) Drinking fou
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Denton
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Harmony: 0.1 mi
- UNT Logo: 2.1 mi
- The Shield: 2.2 mi
- November Devil: 2.2 mi
- Scrappy on a bench: 2.2 mi
- Joe Skiles Park: 0.8 mi
- Denia Park: 1.1 mi
- Wind River Park: 1.2 mi
- Frontier Park: 1.5 mi
- Bent Creek Park: 1.7 mi
- Frederick Douglas Moore: 1.7 mi
- Frederick Douglas Moore (1875-1953): 1.8 mi
- I.O.O.F. Cemetery: 1.9 mi
- St. Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church: 1.9 mi
- Oakwood Cemetery: 2.0 mi
- Bill Crouch Garden: 2.1 mi
- Buisness Leadership Building (BLB) Zen garden: 2.2 mi
- Ken Dickson Environmental Learning Area: 2.6 mi
- Carroll Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Shiloh Field Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- African American Museum: 2.2 mi
- Bayless-Selby House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum: 2.3 mi
- Texas First Ladies Historic Costume Collection Museum: 3.1 mi
- Explorium: 5.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.7 mi
- Crawford Hill: 5.7 mi
- Long Point: 5.8 mi
- Blue Mound: 7.5 mi
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo: 3.6 mi
- Wildhorse Golf Club: 7.3 mi
- Space Shuttle VR: 15.6 mi
- Bubble Planet Experience: 15.7 mi
- Crayola Experience: 19.9 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 12.9 mi
- Bob Jones Nature Center: 13.0 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- The Corral: 23.4 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 24.3 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 10.5 mi
- Post Oak Beach: 16.4 mi
- Elizabethtown: 14.1 mi
- Camey Spur: 17.0 mi
- Shayhan Point: 6.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Lakes Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Dick Hill | W 266° | 291 m | 24.8 mi |
| Blue Mound | SW 218° | 264 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Olive | N 8° | 255 m | 19.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | WSW 243° | 253 m | 4.7 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 325° | 244 m | 7.5 mi |
| Long Point | WSW 238° | 234 m | 5.8 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 230° | 231 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Donwell | S 189° | 218 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:08 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:48 | 17:26 |
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 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denton 2 SE, 2 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron226 obs
- Mallard205 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle183 obs
- Northern Cardinal171 obs
- Black Vulture170 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk157 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron149 obs
- Northern Mockingbird134 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/75490876
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