Guadalupe County Westbound Rest Area
Guadalupe County Westbound Rest Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Mission Hill stands 292 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Guadalupe County Eastbound Rest Area, a rest area 0.3 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 6.3 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Newly constructed facilities opened in Spring 2006
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
- 18.2 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wetland Wonders · 20 mi
- Sinkholes · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Former Site of Dowdy School: 3.5 mi
- Battleground Prairie: 5.9 mi
- Wilson Potteries: 6.3 mi
- Tiemann School: 7.0 mi
- Old Nixon Cemetery: 7.3 mi
- Silva Park: 8.2 mi
- Easthill Park: 8.4 mi
- Willow Creek Greenbelt: 8.5 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
- Nolte Farms Community Park: 9.2 mi
- Pioneer Flight Museum: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Museum: 10.1 mi
- Los Nogales Museum: 10.1 mi
- Luling Oil Museum: 10.3 mi
- Central Texas Oil Patch Museum: 10.3 mi
- Mill Creek Hills: 5.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 7.4 mi
- Capote Knob: 8.5 mi
- Capote Hills: 9.2 mi
- Harborth Hill: 12.3 mi
- World's Largest Pecan: 9.9 mi
- Antique Road Grader: 9.9 mi
- Martin Luther Statue: 11.1 mi
- Steelmaker: 13.4 mi
- Mayhem Wall: 14.8 mi
- San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center: 18.5 mi
- Meadows Center for Water and the Environment: 20.5 mi
- Purgatory Creek Greenspace: 20.6 mi
- Blanco Shoals Natural Area: 20.7 mi
- Spring Lake Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Monthalia: 15.6 mi
- Albuquerque: 18.7 mi
- Polonia: 22.9 mi
- Concrete: 24.0 mi
- Learning Tree: 20.2 mi
- Spring Lake Glass-Bottom Boat Tour: 20.5 mi
- Grandmother's tree: 21.3 mi
- Labyrinth: 22.9 mi
- Weismuller Spring: 20.4 mi
- San Marcos Springs: 20.6 mi
- Comal Springs: 21.0 mi
- Denning Spring: 21.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 18.6 mi
- Water Garden Gems: 24.2 mi
- City of Kyle Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Purgatory Creek Overlook: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Guadalupe County Westbound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Hill | WNW 288° | 292 m | 22.6 mi |
| Coal Kiln Hill | NW 319° | 281 m | 20.1 mi |
| Trunk Hill | NW 321° | 263 m | 19.5 mi |
| Kings Hill | SSW 213° | 228 m | 14.0 mi |
| Nail Hill | NW 309° | 215 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mill Creek Hills | NW 323° | 214 m | 5.7 mi |
| Harborth Hill | WNW 302° | 214 m | 12.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | ENE 62° | 214 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:12 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:00 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:58 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 17:01 | 17:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 80 | 71 | 61 | 53 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luling, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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