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Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area

Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area from directly overhead

Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 459 m. Jameson Peaks stands 507 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park, a park 1.8 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 1.1 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

New facility opened Spring 2016

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Operated by: Texas Department of Transportation

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Coordinates32.45699, -98.64507

1.1 mi off the Texas Forts Trail

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Ranger Municipal Airport: 2.1 mi
First Oil Well Drilled in Eastland County: 2.2 mi
Roaring Ranger: 2.2 mi
Site of J.H. McCleskey No. 1, Discovery Well of the Ranger Oil Boom: 2.8 mi
Merriman Cemetery: 3.8 mi

Peaks58

Round Mountain: 7.6 mi
Bear Mountain: 8.0 mi
Evensville Peak: 9.1 mi
Mockingbird Hill: 9.3 mi
Country Knob: 9.9 mi

Parks7

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
Eastland City Park: 11.7 mi
Six Flags Park: 11.8 mi
New York Hill Park: 13.8 mi
Cisco City Park: 21.1 mi

Museums7

Eastland County Museum: 10.8 mi
Old Eastland County Jail & Museum: 10.8 mi
Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum: 10.9 mi
W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas: 13.8 mi
Conrad Hilton Center: 20.1 mi

Ghost towns5

Alameda, Texas: 8.5 mi
La Casa: 10.3 mi
Thurber: 13.8 mi
Desdemona: 14.0 mi
Mangum: 15.7 mi

Rest areas4

Eastland County Westbound Rest Area: 5.9 mi
I-20 Westbound Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
I-20 Eastbound Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
Picnic Area: 23.6 mi

Attractions2

Ol' Rip: 10.8 mi
Thurber Smokestack: 13.8 mi

Gardens2

Grimes Memorial Garden: 10.9 mi
Jim's vegetable garden: 23.7 mi

Artworks1

Campbell's Tomato Soup: 9.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Jameson Peaks	SE 139°	507 m	13.3 mi
Gunsight Mountain	WNW 286°	503 m	13.4 mi
Blue Hills	ESE 121°	501 m	16.0 mi
Twin Mountain	ESE 112°	499 m	14.3 mi
Cedar Mountain	W 276°	494 m	19.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain	SE 130°	482 m	10.1 mi
Steal Easy Mountain	NNW 328°	482 m	13.5 mi
Double mountain	WNW 298°	476 m	18.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:39	19:14	19:47
June solstice	06:29	20:09	20:46
September equinox	07:23	19:00	19:33
December solstice	07:33	16:56	17:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	44	47	56	63	72	79	83	82	75	65	53	45
Precip in	1.2	2.0	2.4	1.8	3.8	3.4	2.0	3.1	2.8	3.0	1.9	1.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eastland, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/965777726

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