Gillespie County US 290 Rest Area
Gillespie County US 290 Rest Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Big Hill stands 612 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Trinity Lutheran Church, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Hill Country Trail runs past it.
Reconstructed facility opened in 2001
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- On the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Trinity Lutheran Church: 0.0 mi
- Site of The Andreas Lindig Lime Kiln: 0.1 mi
- Trinity Cemetery: 0.1 mi
- Hye Post Office: 2.4 mi
- Stonewall Community Cemetery: 3.0 mi
- Roundhead: 5.4 mi
- Circle Benchmark: 8.7 mi
- Martin Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Kruse Hill: 9.7 mi
- Monument Hill: 9.9 mi
- Peach JAMboree Fairgrounds: 3.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 12.2 mi
- Johnson City Little League: 12.2 mi
- Johnson CIty Park: 12.5 mi
- Blanco County Fair & Rodeo: 12.9 mi
- Albert: 3.0 mi
- Blumenthal: 7.9 mi
- Luckenbach: 9.6 mi
- Zodiac: 11.0 mi
- Grapetown: 11.3 mi
- Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm: 0.8 mi
- Texas White House: 0.9 mi
- LBJ Museum: 1.0 mi
- Science Mill: 12.1 mi
- Lyndon B. Johnson Visitor Center: 12.2 mi
- Lukenbach General Store and Post Office: 9.6 mi
- Fort Martin Scott Historic Site: 14.1 mi
- River Overlook: 23.2 mi
- Hill Country Overlook: 23.3 mi
- Canyons Off Road Park: 24.0 mi
- Marschall Spring: 13.1 mi
- Wenzel Spring: 14.4 mi
- Rock Pasture Spring: 20.1 mi
- Jones Spring: 23.1 mi
- Dripping Vat Spring: 23.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Hickory Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Roos Falls: 17.2 mi
- Cave Without a Name: 24.3 mi
- Gazebo for Albert Steves: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Gillespie County US 290 Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill | SW 232° | 612 m | 14.8 mi |
| Schlaudt Hills | W 281° | 597 m | 18.2 mi |
| Cedarhead | WNW 290° | 595 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bell Mountain | NNW 336° | 594 m | 15.9 mi |
| Hotopp Hills | W 279° | 593 m | 17.5 mi |
| Nebo Mountain | NNW 333° | 588 m | 16.7 mi |
| Henke Hill | WNW 285° | 586 m | 13.8 mi |
| Cross Mountain | WNW 285° | 586 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:15 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:05 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 17:03 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Johnson City 2N, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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