Celestial Park

I remember coming here as a teen, often in large groups of friends, at night. It’s one of the more mystical sites in Dallas, I believe. I like reading the inspirational quotes on the steps, and the thing at the top of the hill is cool. One of my favorite parks in the DFW area.

It’s a nice peaceful little park. My dog likes it when we walk there. Not much parking.

A beautiful little park in a richie-​little neighborhood. It has trails and is dog friendly. They have 4 sets of poetry staircases {see my posted pic} with quotes from Thoreau, Frost, Dante’s Inferno, etc on the steps. VERY COOL. They also have a neat stone sundial.

Good little park. Solid walk trail and green grass as well a lot of foliage for shade over the benches. And it’s just isolated from busier streets to escape from the city. One sad part that was a disappointment was the lack of the stream. There is a place where it appears there is supposed to be one but it’s dry, like most of Texas.
Also cool steps with quotes and sundial on top.

Awesome little park. Love it. It was part of my first date, it was the place where I got engaged, it was the place of many good conversations and dates… we’ve taken pictures here, flown a kite, played games, strolled along, and just sat on the benches. It’s a beautiful little spot, very well taken-​care of by the city. The celestial theme is beautiful and very well done. You can walk here from Belt Line restaurants (though it’s a bit of a walk, and it’s through a neighborhood). There is also another nearby park with a lake and gazebo. Also nearby is a historic church with an interesting story.
Don’t miss this spot in Addison. There’s only one little cutaway on Celestial to park at, and even if people do a good job parallel parking you can only fit 5 cars. All the neighborhood streets have no parking signs, and the designated parking is pretty far up on Belt Line. But generally I’ve been able to find a spot.

Quiet little piece of earth in the middle of this crazy city. Nice place to go clear the mind when the hustle and bustle is too much.

Great park. Very nice to walk around during the day, the monument steps have some fancy quotes, and overall pleasantly chill aura about it all.

Celestial Park is beautiful choice if you’re looking for a slice of nature in the city! Parking is sparse because there is no lot and street parking is quite limited, but White Rock Chapel has a small lot nearby and may be an option. I walk to this park, and I always see a fun mix of people — folks exercising, families with young kids, couples enjoying a romantic moment, even a few future pro ball players practicing some drills!

Loved the area it was located in, the walk up the sundial was interesting, but i wish they had more things to do here, perhaps a couple of swings in the yard below?
Since a lot of people brings dog here, I feel a bit icky about walking around, don’t want to step on anything now…
It’s a nice place to check out once though :)

This place is beautiful and quiet. Use the sundial and it your in a thoughtful sort of mood, read all the steps.

Awesome little hidden park! Great place to relax!

Awesome park. The perfect definition of a hidden gem. It is tucked inside north Dallas. I am usually good with directions but even after going there a couple times, I could never figure out how to get back without looking it up on a map. Definitely an awesome hidden north Dallas park.

This park is truly beautiful. Parking is a little tough to find. I drove to the location the signs tell you to go and really didn’t see much parking there. There are a ton of little parks tucked in around this one. White Rock Creek Park had a gorgeous creek running next to it.

Celestial Park is an awesome place to spend some quality time with your significant other. It’s small and very intimate as not that many people know about it and it’s kind of hidden inside a nieghborhood. There is an elevated section of the park with a sundial and stairs that run up to it are lined with interesting quotes. Very cool. From the other reviews it looks like a lot of magic happens here. Definitely scope this place out if you want to plan something romantic.

Adore this little park. It is a sacred haven for me. Secluded and tucked into the neighborhood across from Anne Frank Elementary. My husband, then boyfriend first took me here at dusk to have a «serious conversation». I was so captivated by the inspiring words of Dante and Robert Browning on the steps leading into this lovely space, I was barely listening to him as he told me he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me.
Fast forward 10 years later and I still love coming to this park. When I want to exercise completely alone I love coming to this park for yoga or running around the track. It’s also a very good place for meditation. When she was younger, I brought my daughter here after school to fly kites in the big open lawn. She loves the human sundial and all the various plant identification tags.
The surrounding neighborhood has million dollar homes, and the streets around this park are heavily patrolled. I usually park in front of the pump station without issue. I would mention that there has not been one time that I have not seen one of «Dallas Finest» drive by while getting in or out of my car. Very safe. It’s a good thing.

I was still living in Dallas and my boyfriend was living in San Antonio. He came up to Dallas to take a CPA exam and we had dinner plans for that night.
I went to pick him up and he said that his best friend had met a girl. They were relaxing at Celestial Park and we were going to go by and meet them there and then all four of us would go to dinner. Hmph.
I was a little disappointed to say the least because I wanted to spend the evening alone with my boyfriend.
11 months earlier we had started our first date at Celestial with a bottle of wine and a few plastic glasses. I thought that was unique and here we were on our way to someone else’s date at the same place.
We arrived at Celestial and parked behind his friend’s car. My boyfriend was glued to his phone, texting something as we strolled towards the stairs to the top of the sundial.
At the top I saw a single lit candle, it was now just past dusk. At the base of the candle was a book with my name on it and inside were pages of photos of my boyfriend and I along with sweet sentiments of how we met and where our lives are going.
The last page had a silly photo of me looking surprised and the caption read ‘Don’t look so surprised, kiss me’.
I looked over to kiss my boyfriend and he had a box open with an engagement ring. He had had it designed using my mother’s center stone from her engagement ring. She had passed away less than a year and a half earlier and my Dad had given my boyfriend the stone when he had shared with my father that we wanted to get married.
It turns out his best friend had helped set everything up and my boyfriend needed to find a way to explain why his car was at the park. His best friend waited until the last second he could to take off so that nobody would disturb the lit candle or the book.
Of course I said «Yes».
We went to dinner alone and I moved to San Antonio the next day.

Thanks for Unilocaling this, Valerie! I had almost forgotten about it!
I used to live down the street from this park. When we lived there this was our favorite park to take our dog too (to walk ON LEASH bc its not a dog park). It’s tucked away in a mostly residential area. Very cute little park — Check it out if you get the time and are in the area.

A.) There is a giant sundial
B.) The steps leading to the sundial are lined with quotes from Khalil Gibran and the like…
C.) The sundial explained — stand on the right month… (during the day of course) and the time will be shown by your shadow.
This park is small and quiet. I’ve gone and spent hours at a time and have never been disturbed.
Now, the sundial works during the day, duh. BUT I recommend going at night, because the stairs light up and make the quotes by famous authors seem more magical.
This is my own little quiet spot. But at the same time — it is SO Unilocal-​able.