Picnic Area
Picnic Area is a rest area in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 476 m. Turkey Knob stands 623 m to the southwest, 7.1 miles off. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 19 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
- 19.4 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Ring Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Jungfrau Hill: 3.4 mi
- Cannon Hill: 4.1 mi
- Sabinas Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Nicolaus Zink: 2.0 mi
- Beseler Family: 2.0 mi
- Waring Schoolhouse: 3.7 mi
- Brownsboro Cemetery: 5.1 mi
- Rev. Andrew Jackson Potter: 5.5 mi
- James Kiehl River Bend Park: 5.0 mi
- Boerne City Lake Park: 5.7 mi
- Comfort Park: 7.3 mi
- Northrup Park: 7.6 mi
- Boerne Town Square: 8.9 mi
- Comanche Spring: 5.8 mi
- Champee Spring: 6.2 mi
- Bear Springs: 11.0 mi
- Wenzel Spring: 12.1 mi
- Fitch Spring: 16.2 mi
- Welfare: 2.4 mi
- Ammans Crossing: 8.8 mi
- Currey's Creek: 14.5 mi
- Bankersmith: 15.6 mi
- Grapetown: 17.3 mi
- Cascade Caverns: 12.5 mi
- Lukenbach General Store and Post Office: 19.6 mi
- The Cross at Kerrville: 21.4 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 22.2 mi
- Hoffmann Hayfield: 23.1 mi
- Albert & Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area: 10.8 mi
- Cave Without a Name: 11.9 mi
- Scenic Canyon: 20.5 mi
- Cedar Creek: 22.1 mi
- Rancho Diana Park: 22.4 mi
- Agricultural Heritage Museum: 6.8 mi
- Frontier Times Museum: 19.3 mi
- Kerr Arts & Cultural Center: 21.8 mi
- Schreiner Mansion - Historic Site and Event Center: 21.8 mi
- Texas Rangers Heritage Center: 24.0 mi
- Gaddis Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Joes Point: 14.4 mi
- Ravenhead: 15.2 mi
- Devils Bluff: 24.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Kerr County Eastbound Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Kerr County Westbound Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Gazebo for Albert Steves: 6.3 mi
- Lupe: 22.0 mi
- Batmobile: 24.4 mi
- SR 173 Roadside Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Kinder Ranch Elementary Garden: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Knob | SW 230° | 623 m | 7.1 mi |
| Big Hill | N 3° | 612 m | 14.1 mi |
| Round Top | W 262° | 611 m | 14.7 mi |
| Broad Mountain | NW 323° | 596 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Medina | WSW 255° | 596 m | 19.1 mi |
| State Mountain | WSW 253° | 594 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sunset Mountain | WSW 255° | 592 m | 15.7 mi |
| Wolkenburg | NW 305° | 589 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:16 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:36 | 20:05 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 17:05 | 17:41 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 50 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boerne, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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