Site of Old Picnic Grounds
Site of Old Picnic Grounds is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Comanche Peak stands 373 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Carnegie Library Building, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 11 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1966
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Historical Commission
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Texas Lakes Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Carnegie Library Building: 0.0 mi
- Johnson County Courthouse: 0.1 mi
- Church of the Holy Comforter: 0.1 mi
- Cleburne Town Square: 0.1 mi
- Confederate Soldiers: 0.1 mi
- John S. Butner Park: 0.3 mi
- John P. Bradshaw Park: 0.5 mi
- P.D. Lacewell Park: 0.6 mi
- Hulen Park: 0.7 mi
- Carver Park: 1.0 mi
- Shannon's Wings: 0.0 mi
- 1933 Central Texas Bus Line Depot: 0.1 mi
- Welcome to Historic Cleburne: 0.2 mi
- Wild Frontier, Trail Dust, And Rails: 0.2 mi
- How Do You Stack Up?: 0.2 mi
- Layland Museum: 0.0 mi
- Lowell Smith Sr. History Center: 0.0 mi
- Cleburne Railroad Museum: 0.0 mi
- Johnson County Courthouse Museum: 0.1 mi
- Gone With the Wind Museum: 0.6 mi
- Brushy Knob: 7.7 mi
- Caddo Peak: 9.3 mi
- Brushy Knob: 12.1 mi
- Turkey Peak: 13.4 mi
- Berry Knob: 13.7 mi
- Broke Rock: 13.5 mi
- Bluff Mills: 13.8 mi
- Hendrick Arnold Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Robinson Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Guinn Garden at Buffalo Creek: 0.3 mi
- Iris Garden: 1.8 mi
- Fire Station 16 Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
- elizabeth crockett butterfly Garden: 17.2 mi
- Somervell County Master Gardeners Demo Garden: 22.8 mi
- Vivian J. Malone Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Acton Nature Center: 17.2 mi
- Glen Rose Bird Sanctuary: 23.0 mi
- Sheri Capehart Nature Preserve: 23.7 mi
- Old City Spring: 0.2 mi
- Big Ham Hole Spring: 10.4 mi
- Little Ham Hole Spring: 10.5 mi
- ATSF 999457: 0.3 mi
- The Spirit of Cleburne: 0.6 mi
- Main Event Entertainment: 23.0 mi
- Canoe Docks: 15.6 mi
- Brazos Point: 17.6 mi
- Acton Tabernacle: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Old Picnic Grounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comanche Peak | W 275° | 373 m | 24.3 mi |
| Brushy Knob | NNW 343° | 303 m | 7.7 mi |
| Caddo Peak | N 352° | 303 m | 9.3 mi |
| Barnard Knob | W 267° | 292 m | 14.5 mi |
| Berry Knob | WSW 256° | 285 m | 13.7 mi |
| Brushy Mound | N 9° | 275 m | 14.3 mi |
| Turkey Peak | N 9° | 266 m | 13.4 mi |
| Brushy Knob | SSE 164° | 232 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:04 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:52 | 17:29 |
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 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleburne, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12438052669
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