Valley View Park
Valley View Park is a park in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 152 m. Mount Donwell stands 218 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Calvary Cemetery, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 1.2 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 152 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Dallas Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Calvary Cemetery: 0.3 mi
- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church: 0.4 mi
- Anderson Bonner: 0.5 mi
- Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church: 1.4 mi
- Hamilton Park Community: 1.5 mi
- Churchill Park: 0.6 mi
- Anderson Bonner Park: 0.7 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 0.8 mi
- The Donald and Charlotte Test Reflection Center: 0.8 mi
- Hamilton Park: 1.3 mi
- Dover Elementary School Garden: 1.9 mi
- Creekside Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Addison Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- UT Dallas Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Rock Garden: 4.7 mi
- Stacked Friends: 2.5 mi
- Sun Up at Quorum: 2.9 mi
- Spectra: 3.2 mi
- The Givers: 3.2 mi
- Heights Rocket: 3.3 mi
- Northaven Trail: 2.6 mi
- Topgolf: 4.5 mi
- Temoc: 4.5 mi
- Little Saigon: 5.9 mi
- Liberty Park Tank: 6.6 mi
- Cavanaugh Flight Museum: 4.4 mi
- Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum: 4.5 mi
- Play Street Museum: 4.5 mi
- Meadows Museum: 6.1 mi
- Frontiers of Flight Museum: 6.5 mi
- UT Southwestern Medical Center Rookery: 8.5 mi
- Arbor Hills Nature Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Russell Creek Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Big Spring Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Thrive Nature Park: 15.0 mi
- Point Nancy Carolyn at Bachman Lake: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Outpost: 13.0 mi
- Parkside Food Truck Park: 15.4 mi
- The Corral: 16.1 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Camey Spur: 11.7 mi
- La Reunion: 12.3 mi
- Sowers: 13.8 mi
- Nickelville: 16.1 mi
- Lawson: 20.0 mi
- Chalk Hill: 13.9 mi
- Flower Mound: 17.5 mi
- Grayhawk Hill: 18.8 mi
- Monarch Hill: 19.6 mi
- Mayor's Hill: 22.7 mi
- Shayhan Point: 20.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 23.8 mi
- McKamy Spring: 3.0 mi
- SoPac Trail Rest Area: 6.3 mi
- Muddy Creek: 13.8 mi
- Little Elm Beach: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Valley View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Donwell | W 269° | 218 m | 22.8 mi |
| Chalk Hill | SSW 206° | 202 m | 13.9 mi |
| Flower Mound | WNW 291° | 202 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mayor's Hill | W 279° | 180 m | 22.7 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 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:48 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Quihoui privet107 obs
- Mallard90 obs
- Green Anole81 obs
- Cedar Elm63 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel61 obs
- Chinaberry48 obs
- Western Honey Bee46 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle46 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/450299076
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