Southwest Park
Southwest Park is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 251 m. Tater Nob stands 344 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Candleridge Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 11 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Candleridge Park: 0.7 mi
- Krauss-Baker Park: 0.8 mi
- Wedgewood Park: 0.9 mi
- Rosenthal Park: 1.2 mi
- South Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Grace Lutheran Church: 1.9 mi
- Congregation Ahavath Sholom: 2.5 mi
- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary: 3.2 mi
- Burke Cemetery: 3.5 mi
- The First Hundred Years of Texas Christian University: 4.1 mi
- Main Event Entertainment: 2.3 mi
- Elephant: 5.0 mi
- World of Primates: 5.1 mi
- Rogers-O'Daniel House: 5.1 mi
- Lower Rose Garden: 5.8 mi
- Drift: 1.8 mi
- Nature’s Essence: 3.4 mi
- Horned Frog Statue: 4.1 mi
- Peleton: 4.2 mi
- Deer Creek Plaza Statue: 6.0 mi
- Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center: 6.2 mi
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas: 6.3 mi
- National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame: 6.3 mi
- Cattle Raisers Museum: 6.4 mi
- Van Zandt Cottage: 6.5 mi
- International Friendship Garden: 3.5 mi
- Compost Outpost: 5.7 mi
- Backyard Vegetable Garden: 5.7 mi
- Victor and Cleyone Tinsley Rock Springs Garden: 5.7 mi
- Trial Garden: 5.8 mi
- Brushy Mound: 7.2 mi
- Turkey Peak: 8.0 mi
- Murray Hill: 10.5 mi
- Caddo Peak: 11.9 mi
- Brushy Knob: 13.9 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Crystal Canyon Nature Reserve: 18.8 mi
- Eagle Mountain Lake Park: 20.1 mi
- Acton Nature Center: 22.1 mi
- Fish Creek Forest Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Bluff Overlook: 9.5 mi
- Inspiration Point: 10.0 mi
- Lone Point: 13.0 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Twin Points Beach: 16.4 mi
- Lynn Creek Park Beach: 20.7 mi
- Canoe Docks: 24.0 mi
- Old City Spring: 21.1 mi
- Acton Tabernacle: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Southwest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tater Nob | W 270° | 344 m | 20.9 mi |
| Chattanooga Hill | W 280° | 330 m | 17.1 mi |
| Joe Bell Mountain | WNW 284° | 324 m | 21.1 mi |
| Nebo Mountain | W 262° | 316 m | 22.1 mi |
| Caddo Peak | S 186° | 303 m | 11.9 mi |
| Brushy Knob | S 190° | 303 m | 13.9 mi |
| Burton Knob | NW 324° | 278 m | 22.6 mi |
| Brushy Mound | SSE 163° | 275 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:05 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:51 | 17:28 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benbrook DAM, 3 mi away.
- Mallard111 obs
- straggler daisy78 obs
- Texas Spiny Lizard73 obs
- Western Honey Bee67 obs
- Green Anole65 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle59 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle56 obs
- Muscovy Duck53 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/322578623
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