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Today at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve

78° F high

Good day

Good hunting weather today: cloudy skies, a high of 78° and no rain in sight.

  • Low54°
  • Rain0%
  • Wind7 mph, gusts 10
  • Sunset6:40 PM, back before dark

No official weather alerts here right now (weather.gov).

Forecast updated 8:23 AM CDT · Weather data by Open-Meteo.com · alerts from weather.gov

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Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve

Ages 6-10 · Tuesday, Oct 6 · 8 finds

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Park Finds

  1. Find 1: Count the 2 cold water spots that bubble up from a spout.

    Easy · 2 on the park map · OpenStreetMap

  2. Find 2: Point to the 8 paths that carry you across water.

    Medium · 8 on the park map · OpenStreetMap

    Stay with your grown-up near water.

  3. Find 3: Check the water that glitters like a mirror.

    Easy · 3 on the park map · OpenStreetMap

    Stay with your grown-up near water.

  4. Find 4: Where are the rocks and twigs sticking out of the shallow water?

    Medium · on the park map · OpenStreetMap

    Stay with your grown-up near water.

  5. Find 5: Who am I? I have a cover on poles and tables for a meal.

    Easy · 1 on the park map · OpenStreetMap

Wild Finds

  1. Find 6: Spot a tree with bumpy fruit that is yellow-green.

    Look: on the ground

    Medium · seen once since Sep 22 · iNaturalist

    Look, don't touch. Never eat wild berries or fruit.

  2. Find 7: Peek at a vine with large, intricate purple flowers.

    Look: on bushes

    Medium · seen once since Sep 22 · iNaturalist

    Look, don't pick or eat.

  3. Find 8: Which bug is green with blue on its tail end?

    Look: near the water

    Hard · seen 2 times since Sep 22 · iNaturalist

    Look, don't touch. Stay with your grown-up near water.

Find This Spot

I have poles and a roof. Families meet here to share a birthday meal.

Start at START and follow the map to the X.

Map of Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve drawn from OpenStreetMap, north is up. START is at a parking lot; the X is about 170 m south-east of it, and a dotted route follows the paths. Landmarks on the map: Restrooms.RestroomsSTARTN50 m (160 ft)
the spot START (begin here) path or trail road walk this way (the X is 170 m south-east)Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

October special: monarch butterflies

10 monarchs seen Sep 22-Oct 5 vs 64 in 2025

That's fewer than last year, so a monarch would be a lucky find.

Monarch butterflies reported within 25 km in the 14 days before today (Sep 22-Oct 5): 10 (iNaturalist, checked Oct 6, 11:41 PM CDT). Same two weeks last year (Sep 22-Oct 5, 2025): 64.

Milkweed seen near this park: yes (317 iNaturalist sightings within 1.5 km, all years).

Tip: look on milkweed and on fall flowers on a sunny afternoon. Look, don't touch: let it fly.

Clues written Oct 6, 11:41 PM CDT by gemma-4-31B-it (open model, Apache-2.0) from this park's data. Code checked each one against its source.

For the grown-up

Start with find 1: it's easy and it stays put. Finds 2, 3, 4 and 8 are near water: stay close.

Answer key (don't peek, kids!)
  1. 1. Drinking fountains (2 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)
  2. 2. Bridges (Rowlett Creek Trail, Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve, High Meadow Trail) (8 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)
  3. 3. Ponds or lakes (3 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)
  4. 4. Creek or stream (Rowlett Creek) (on the park map · OpenStreetMap)
  5. 5. Bench (1 on the park map · OpenStreetMap)
  6. 6. Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) (seen once since Sep 22 · iNaturalist)
  7. 7. Purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) (seen once since Sep 22 · iNaturalist)
  8. 8. Rambur's Forktail (Ischnura ramburii) (seen 2 times since Sep 22 · iNaturalist)

Find This Spot: The picnic shelter (Lakeside Pavilion). OpenStreetMap way/511613329 ("Lakeside Pavilion"); START: parking lot, about 170 m south-east of START.

  • Lucky Finds: not on this pass. On Tue, Oct 6, the server that made it had no SerpApi key, so it could not read visitor reviews.
  • Some things seen here are left off for safety.
  • 1 clue was removed because it gave away the answer or broke one of our rules.
  • Park map checked Oct 6, 2:02 AM CDT (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
  • Wildlife sightings checked Oct 6, 11:41 PM CDT (iNaturalist observers, research grade, within 1.5 km, last 14 days).
  • Species facts: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), via iNaturalist.
  • Clues by gemma-4-31B-it, an open-weight model anyone can download and run. Our code picks what is safe and writes every number and date; the model only chooses from real park data and writes the words.

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