Picnic Area
Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 519 m. West Caddo Peak stands 628 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. Texas Forts Trail passes 20 miles off. 24 named summits stand 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
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Department of Transportation
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Oakwood Cemetery: 2.9 mi
- First Presbyterian Church of Cisco: 3.2 mi
- First United Methodist Church of Cisco: 3.3 mi
- First Baptist Church of Cisco: 3.4 mi
- Old Mobley Hotel: 3.5 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Mexican Hat Hill: 12.5 mi
- Indian Knoll: 13.0 mi
- Gray Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Cisco City Park: 2.5 mi
- Six Flags Park: 11.9 mi
- Eastland City Park: 12.0 mi
- City Park: 18.7 mi
- FBC Park: 18.8 mi
- Conrad Hilton Center: 3.5 mi
- Austin McCloud Appellate Court Museum: 12.9 mi
- Old Eastland County Jail & Museum: 12.9 mi
- Eastland County Museum: 12.9 mi
- Robert E Howard House: 19.3 mi
- Mangum: 11.1 mi
- Callahan City: 15.1 mi
- Belle Plain: 19.4 mi
- Alameda, Texas: 23.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Eastland County Eastbound Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Grimes Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
- Ol' Rip: 12.9 mi
- Campbell's Tomato Soup: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Caddo Peak | SW 225° | 628 m | 19.8 mi |
| East Caddo Peak | SW 216° | 616 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mexican Hat Hill | SSW 210° | 612 m | 12.5 mi |
| Coyote Peak | S 179° | 571 m | 17.1 mi |
| Gunsight Mountain | NE 47° | 503 m | 13.7 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | NNE 23° | 494 m | 8.1 mi |
| Steal Easy Mountain | NE 43° | 482 m | 23.2 mi |
| Double mountain | NNE 25° | 476 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:16 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:30 | 20:11 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:58 | 17:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Putnam, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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