Picnic Area
Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 434 m. Cherry Mountain stands 660 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is LBJ Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 0.3 miles off.
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
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Trinity Cemetery: 1.2 mi
- Trinity Lutheran Church: 1.3 mi
- Site of The Andreas Lindig Lime Kiln: 1.3 mi
- Stonewall Community Cemetery: 1.7 mi
- Major Israel M. Nunez: 1.8 mi
- Roundhead: 4.3 mi
- Kruse Hill: 8.5 mi
- Circle Benchmark: 10.0 mi
- Martin Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Deer Hill: 10.9 mi
- Peach JAMboree Fairgrounds: 1.7 mi
- Fort Martin Scott: 12.8 mi
- Memorial Park: 13.4 mi
- Johnson City Little League: 13.5 mi
- Johnson CIty Park: 13.7 mi
- Albert: 3.6 mi
- Blumenthal: 6.6 mi
- Luckenbach: 8.5 mi
- Zodiac: 9.7 mi
- Grapetown: 10.3 mi
- LBJ Museum: 0.4 mi
- Texas White House: 0.5 mi
- Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm: 0.5 mi
- Texas Rangers Heritage Center: 12.8 mi
- Science Mill: 13.4 mi
- Marschall Spring: 12.0 mi
- Wenzel Spring: 13.9 mi
- Rock Pasture Spring: 19.0 mi
- Dripping Vat Spring: 22.1 mi
- Cherry Spring: 23.8 mi
- Lukenbach General Store and Post Office: 8.5 mi
- Fort Martin Scott Historic Site: 12.8 mi
- Canyons Off Road Park: 22.9 mi
- River Overlook: 24.4 mi
- Hill Country Overlook: 24.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Hickory Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Roos Falls: 15.9 mi
- Gazebo for Albert Steves: 24.0 mi
- Cave Without a Name: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Mountain | WNW 302° | 660 m | 19.9 mi |
| Big Hill | SW 228° | 612 m | 13.9 mi |
| Schlaudt Hills | W 281° | 597 m | 16.8 mi |
| Cedarhead | WNW 291° | 595 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bell Mountain | NNW 340° | 594 m | 15.3 mi |
| Hotopp Hills | W 279° | 593 m | 16.2 mi |
| Nebo Mountain | NNW 337° | 588 m | 16.0 mi |
| Henke Hill | WNW 286° | 586 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:15 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:05 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 17:03 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Johnson City 2N, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/406677404
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