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Kerr County Westbound Rest Area

Kerr County Westbound Rest Area from directly overhead

Kerr County Westbound 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 Eastbound Rest Area, a rest area 0.2 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 4.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Texas Department of Transportation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates30.05430, -99.02616

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Haddenbrock Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Pointed Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Big Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Wolkenburg: 5.4 mi
  • Tivy Mountain: 5.6 mi
Parks: 51
  • Hill Country Youth Soccer Association: 5.3 mi
  • E.E. Sample Park: 5.7 mi
  • Singing Wind Park: 5.7 mi
  • Habitat Park: 6.0 mi
  • Flatrock Park: 6.1 mi
Springs: 10
  • Dripping Vat Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Trough Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Wenzel Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Champee Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Bear Springs: 20.4 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: 17.1 mi
  • Admiral Nimitz Museum: 17.8 mi
  • National Museum of the Pacific War: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • SR 173 Roadside Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Schumacher Crossing Rest Area: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
  • The Gardens at the Ridge: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Roos Falls: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Kerr County Westbound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edwards PeakSW666 m16.7 mi
RoundheadN653 m20.6 mi
Turkey KnobSSE623 m16.7 mi
Round TopS611 m13.0 mi
Schlaudt HillsNNE597 m17.4 mi
Broad MountainESE596 m6.3 mi
Mount MedinaSSW596 m16.7 mi
CedarheadNNE595 m20.7 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 50–80 °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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/881832487

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