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Pecos County Westbound Rest Area

Pecos County Westbound Rest Area from directly overhead

Pecos County Westbound Rest Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 936 m. Beard Mountain stands 1,459 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pecos County Eastbound Rest Area, a rest area 0.2 miles away. Texas Pecos Trail passes 12 miles off. 24 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

Newly constructed facility opened February 2018

Visiting

What to expect

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Texas Department of Transportation

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Getting there

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Coordinates30.93956, -103.30964
Around it

24 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 14
  • Tucker Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Hayter Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Beard Mountain: 15.9 mi
  • Henry Flipper Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Triple Butte: 16.8 mi
Parks: 4
  • Oasis Park: 24.3 mi
  • Doc and Polly Vickery Park: 24.5 mi
  • Jaycee Park: 24.8 mi
  • Cummings Park: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Barrilla Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Head Spring: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Sandia Wetlands: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beard MountainWSW 240°1,459 m15.9 mi
Little Star MountainSW 227°1,398 m23.2 mi
Henry Flipper HillWSW 244°1,279 m16.3 mi
Saddle Back MountainsW 262°1,270 m23.8 mi
Pikes PeakSE 142°1,154 m21.8 mi
Twelvemile MesaESE 122°1,139 m22.1 mi
Triple ButteSE 142°1,107 m16.8 mi
Elkins HillsW 261°1,058 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5819:3320:05
June solstice06:5120:2521:00
September equinox07:4219:1919:51
December solstice07:4817:2017:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360687682838276685649
Precip in0.60.40.60.61.71.81.71.41.71.00.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Stockton Pecos CO AP, 23 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/894751180

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