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Picnic Area

Picnic Area from directly overhead

Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,142 m. The nearest named place is Old Watering Trough, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 12 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles.

To meet the needs of travelers for places where they could stop for rest and eat their lunches, Texas began creating roadside parks in the l930s. Built in typically shady areas, the parks offered drivers and their passengers some respite on hot summer day

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Texas Department of Transportation

Getting there

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Coordinates34.06262, -102.51632

11.8 mi off the Texas Plains Trail

Around it

49 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites37

Old Watering Trough: 0.6 mi
Town of Amherst: 6.8 mi
Sod House Spring: 6.9 mi
Rocky Ford Crossing and Community: 11.1 mi
Comanchero Trail: 11.3 mi

Parks7

Laguna Park: 14.1 mi
Dunbar Park: 14.8 mi
Crescent Park: 15.0 mi
City Park: 16.0 mi
Babe Ruth Park: 16.2 mi

Museums2

Muleshoe Museum: 16.3 mi
Mulleshoe Heritage Center: 17.9 mi

Nature reserves1

Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge: 14.2 mi

Cliffs1

Casas Amarillas: 17.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Virginia City: 22.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:55	19:29	20:02
June solstice	06:40	20:28	21:05
September equinox	07:39	19:15	19:48
December solstice	07:53	17:07	17:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	37	40	48	56	65	75	77	76	68	57	45	37
Precip in	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.9	1.8	2.8	2.5	2.8	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Muleshoe #1, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/966904227

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