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Kerr County Eastbound Rest Area

Kerr County Eastbound Rest Area from directly overhead

Kerr County Eastbound Rest Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 583 m. Edwards Peak stands 666 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kerr County Westbound Rest Area, a rest area 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.4 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Department of Transportation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.05200, -99.02702

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Haddenbrock Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Big Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Pointed Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Wolkenburg: 5.3 mi
  • Tivy Mountain: 5.5 mi
Parks: 51
  • Hill Country Youth Soccer Association: 5.2 mi
  • E.E. Sample Park: 5.6 mi
  • Singing Wind Park: 5.7 mi
  • Habitat Park: 6.0 mi
  • Flatrock Park: 6.0 mi
Springs: 10
  • Dripping Vat Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Trough Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Wenzel Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Champee Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Bear Springs: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Museums: 9
  • Kerr Arts & Cultural Center: 6.8 mi
  • Schreiner Mansion - Historic Site and Event Center: 6.8 mi
  • Texas Rangers Heritage Center: 17.3 mi
  • Admiral Nimitz Museum: 17.9 mi
  • National Museum of the Pacific War: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • SR 173 Roadside Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Schumacher Crossing Rest Area: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • The Gardens at the Ridge: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Roos Falls: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Kerr County Eastbound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edwards PeakSW 227°666 m16.6 mi
RoundheadN 3°653 m20.7 mi
Turkey KnobSSE 155°623 m16.6 mi
Big HillENE 75°612 m13.7 mi
Round TopS 189°611 m12.8 mi
Schlaudt HillsNNE 24°597 m17.6 mi
Broad MountainESE 106°596 m6.3 mi
Mount MedinaSSW 201°596 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1619:48
June solstice06:3620:0620:41
September equinox07:2519:0319:34
December solstice07:2917:0517:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465158647278818175665648
Precip in1.71.62.42.34.33.32.11.93.73.22.21.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kerrville 3 NNE, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/881832519

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